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bug #60253: Octave crashes with certain ini file

Submitter:  N Kando <itskando>
Submitted:  Thu 18 Mar 2021 04:55:12 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  GUI Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Segfault, Bus Error, etc.
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  N Kando Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * 6.2.0 Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Thu 18 Mar 2021 08:55:37 PM UTC, comment #4: 

The crash was caused by accessing a possibly empty list. This bug is fixed with http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/f526f28f1aa4

Thanks for the report and for providing the ini-file.

Closing this report

Torsten Lilge <ttl>
Group Member
Thu 18 Mar 2021 08:06:35 PM UTC, comment #3: 

I can confirm the crash with the submitted ini file on Linux (signal 6). So this is not limited to window. I am trying to identify the relevant preference that is causing the crash.

Torsten Lilge <ttl>
Group Member
Thu 18 Mar 2021 05:29:18 PM UTC, comment #2: 


comment #1:

> `%APPDATA%\octave\octave-gui.ini`.
> Please, rename that file and check if the GUI starts again. If it does, please attach the file that caused the crash to this report. Maybe there is something in that file that could help track down the issue.


That fixed the issue. Problematic .ini file attached.

N Kando <itskando>
Thu 18 Mar 2021 05:15:15 PM UTC, comment #1: 

I'm not sure what caused the issue for you. Maybe a buggy font?

Maybe somehow the crash corrupted the GUI settings file.
You can find that file in `%APPDATA%\octave\octave-gui.ini`.
Please, rename that file and check if the GUI starts again. If it does, please attach the file that caused the crash to this report. Maybe there is something in that file that could help track down the issue.

Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
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Thu 18 Mar 2021 04:55:12 PM UTC, original submission:  

Fresh install on Windows 10 PC.

Functioned, changed some preferences, hitting apply on each page. Crashed on editor settings tab (hadn't hit apply yet; was looking at the fonts, clicking nothing and the crash happened suddenly).

Crashes whenever opening from start menu. Ran as admin, restarted PC, uninstalled reinstalled restarted PC. Starting program shows GUI, but frozen with loading mouse icon, then just closes after about 5 seconds.

I had the start in last directory option selected. Maybe that directory no longer exists?

Not sure where I can find a crash log.

N Kando <itskando>

 

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file #51086:  octave-gui.ini0 added by itskando (36KiB - application/octet-stream - Original GUI file with issues. Make sure to remove the 0 (zero))

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2021-03-18 ttl StatusConfirmed Fixed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2021-03-18 ttl StatusNeed Info Confirmed
        Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Any
        SummaryOctave crashes on open Octave crashes with certain ini file
    2021-03-18 itskando Attached File- Added octave-gui.ini0, #51086
    2021-03-18 mmuetzel Item GroupBuild Failure Segfault, Bus Error, etc.
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