> i remember independent reports lately. if you are able to > produce this crash it would be fine > to provide backtrace or investigate whats going on.
Here's the backtrace from gdb: Program received signal SIGBUS, Bus error. 0x08359e78 in index (this=0xbfffb62c, bytes_begin=0xab81f000, bytes_end=0xb4c4c0c8) at ../boost/boost/crc.hpp:578 578 { return x ^ rem; } (gdb) bt #0 0x08359e78 in index (this=0xbfffb62c, bytes_begin=0xab81f000, bytes_end=0xb4c4c0c8) at ../boost/boost/crc.hpp:578 #1 boost::crc_optimal<32u, 79764919u, 4294967295u, 4294967295u, true, true>::process_block (this=0xbfffb62c, bytes_begin=0xab81f000, bytes_end=0xb4c4c0c8) at ../boost/boost/crc.hpp:962 #2 0x0890f6b6 in lyx::support::FileName::checksum (this=0x92f5e68) at FileName.cpp:560 #3 0x080b8241 in lyx::Buffer::saveCheckSum (this=0x92f6b60) at Buffer.cpp:2444 #4 0x080e4a13 in lyx::Buffer::readFile (this=0x92f6b60, fn=...) at Buffer.cpp:901 #5 0x080e4a74 in lyx::Buffer::loadThisLyXFile (this=0x92f6b60, fn=...) at Buffer.cpp:3885 #6 0x080e5fc4 in lyx::Buffer::loadLyXFile (this=0x92f6b60) at Buffer.cpp:3879 #7 0x08110dc3 in lyx::checkAndLoadLyXFile (filename=..., acceptDirty=false) at buffer_funcs.cpp:97 #8 0x0865abf0 in lyx::frontend::GuiView::loadDocument (this=0x913d4a8, filename=..., tolastfiles=true) at GuiView.cpp:1863 #9 0x0865e1af in lyx::frontend::GuiView::openDocument (this=0x913d4a8, fname=...) at GuiView.cpp:1954 #10 0x0862494d in lyx::frontend::GuiApplication::dispatch (this=0x8c8d638, cmd=..., dr=...) at GuiApplication.cpp:1371 #11 0x0861ec55 in lyx::frontend::GuiApplication::dispatch (this=0x8c8d638, cmd=...) at GuiApplication.cpp:1096 #12 0x08201b97 in lyx::dispatch (action=...) at LyX.cpp:1280 #13 0x0820512f in lyx::LyX::execCommands (this=0xbffff3a8) at LyX.cpp:583 #14 0x08205961 in lyx::execBatchCommands () at LyX.cpp:539 #15 0x08621f09 in lyx::frontend::GuiApplication::execBatchCommands (this=0x8c8d638) at GuiApplication.cpp:2010 #16 0x08621f65 in lyx::frontend::GuiApplication::qt_metacall (this=0x8c8d638, _c=QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, _id=-1417515008, _a=0xbfffcbfc) at moc_GuiApplication.cpp:81 #17 0xb73fd7aa in QMetaObject::metacall(QObject*, QMetaObject::Call, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #18 0xb740c1bb in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, QMetaObject const*, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #19 0xb7413a77 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #20 0xb7413b8c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #21 0xb7408c54 in QObject::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #22 0xb76695cc in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #23 0xb767015e in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #24 0x086179e7 in lyx::frontend::GuiApplication::notify (this=0x8c8d638, receiver=0x911f190, event=0xbfffd140) at GuiApplication.cpp:2155 #25 0xb73f84cb in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #26 0xb7427796 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #27 0xb7424384 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #28 0xb6f17755 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #29 0xb6f1bd08 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #30 0xb6f1bee8 in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #31 0xb7424075 in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #32 0xb7727ed5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #33 0xb73f6ae9 in QEventLoop::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #34 0xb73f6f3a in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #35 0xb73fc16f in QCoreApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #36 0xb7669667 in QApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 #37 0x086170c4 in lyx::frontend::GuiApplication::exec (this=0x8c8d638) at GuiApplication.cpp:1941 #38 0x0820d260 in lyx::LyX::exec (this=0xbffff3a8, argc=@0xbffff3d0, argv=0xbffff474) at LyX.cpp:398 #39 0x080769b0 in main (argc=2, argv=0xbffff474) at main.cpp:42 It seems it fails while calculating a checksum. Hope it helps. venom00