On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Jon Turney <jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk> wrote: > On 07/12/2015 16:17, Tom Kacvinsky wrote: >> >> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Tom Kacvinsky wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Jon Turney wrote: >>>> >>>> On 04/12/2015 14:20, Tom Kacvinsky wrote: >>>>> >>>>> We have an interesting problem whereby an Linux X client application >>>>> crashes when running the X server on cygwin. We have a reproducer >>>>> for the problem, but it is a Qt example application stored in a >>>>> tarball. >>>>> >>>>> We have gathered the other information that would typically be >>>>> requested. >>>>> I just need to know the best way of getting this information to the >>>>> list. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> If the tarball is being rejected by the mailing list, I'd suggest you >>>> upload >>>> it to some file hosting site and send a link to the mailing list. >>>> >>>> If that is really not possible for you (why?), you may, on this specific >>>> occasion only, mail it directly to me. >>> >>> >>> Hi Jon, >>> >>> That is totally do-able. I will get it on a hosting site and send the >>> link. >> >> >> Here is the DropBox link. >> >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/b6exaxm30j8q318/cygwin-x-repro.zip?dl=0 > > > Sorry, I hadn't noticed that you are describing a crash in the Qt client, > not the Cygwin X server. > > So, firstly, this is a Qt issue. > > It may well be that the multiwindow mode window manager for the Cygwin X > server doesn't satisfy some expectation that Qt has (and I would be > interested to know what that is), but Qt crashing is never the right > thing to do. > > A backtrace of the Qt client when it crashes might be informative. >
Will attempt to get one. I recall seeing in our internal bug tracking system the exact X server error message. Would that be of use? >> Please note it is a Qt reproducer. We have some hard coded paths in >> the Makefile that you will need to modify. We are using Qt 4.8.6 >> built on Ubuntu 12.04, 32 bit. > > > Nevertheless, I tried your reproducer in a Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit VM, but > wasn't able to observe any crash. > > I note that an Ubuntu 12.04 only seems to have Qt 4.8.1. Are you using a > self-built Qt? Yes, we are using a self built Qt, pretty much a stock build, only thing we are not doing is building the examples and demos. Thanks for your time. Tom -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
