I was able to reproduce this on a few different systems. On my linux build machine, here is the backtrace:
[kayvan@camel ~]$ gdb lyxgdb core GNU gdb 4.18 Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"... Core was generated by `lyxgdb foo.lyx'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88...done. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4...done. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3...done. Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_nisplus.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /lib/libnsl.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_nis.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_dns.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /lib/libresolv.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so...done. #0 0x401ee4e1 in __kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) where #0 0x401ee4e1 in __kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x401ee156 in raise (sig=6) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:27 #2 0x401ef868 in abort () at ../sysdeps/generic/abort.c:88 #3 0x81fc46b in lyx::abort () at abort.C:9 #4 0x80be222 in error_handler (err_sig=11) at ../src/lyx_main.C:229 #5 0x401ee408 in __restore () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sigaction.c:127 #6 0x8110cb0 in LyXText::init (this=0x84d9de8, bview=0x84a5fc8, reinit=false) at text2.C:93 #7 0x811389a in LyXText::fullRebreak (this=0x84d9de8, bview=0x84a5fc8) at text2.C:940 #8 0x8177c98 in InsetText::updateLocal (this=0x84d3620, bv=0x84a5fc8, what=1, mark_dirty=false) at insettext.C:624 #9 0x8177fa8 in InsetText::edit (this=0x84d3620, bv=0x84a5fc8, x=0, y=0, button=0) at insettext.C:676 #10 0x8172dbf in InsetTabular::activateCellInset (this=0x84cb120, bv=0x84a5fc8, x=0, y=0, button=0, behind=false) at insettabular.C:1928 #11 0x816f5ad in InsetTabular::localDispatch (this=0x84cb120, bv=0x84a5fc8, action=LFUN_MENUWRITE, arg=@0xbffff554) at insettabular.C:1110 #12 0x80ca9e0 in LyXFunc::dispatch (this=0x8476838, ac=4, do_not_use_this_arg=@0xbffff5c4) at lyxfunc.C:871 #13 0x80c8df8 in LyXFunc::processKeySym (this=0x8476838, keysym=115, state=4) at lyxfunc.C:353 #14 0x8055ba6 in BufferView::Pimpl::workAreaKeyPress (this=0x84a61d8, keysym=115, state=4) at BufferView_pimpl.C:513 #15 0x82128e7 in SigC::ObjectSlot2_<void, unsigned long, unsigned int, BufferView::Pimpl>::callback (d=0x84a74c4, p1=115, p2=4) at ../sigc++/object_slot.h:250 #16 0x82312ae in SigC::Callback2<void, unsigned long, unsigned int>::call ( this=0x84a74c4, p1=@0xbffff7ac, p2=@0xbffff7b0) at ../sigc++/slot.h:456 #17 0x82313a3 in SigC::Signal2<void, unsigned long, unsigned int, SigC::Marshal<void> >::emit (this=0x84a620c, p1=@0xbffff7ac, p2=@0xbffff7b0) at ../sigc++/basic_signal.h:472 #18 0x823160d in SigC::Signal2<void, unsigned long, unsigned int, SigC::Marshal<void> >::operator() (this=0x84a620c, p1=@0xbffff7ac, p2=@0xbffff7b0) at ../sigc++/basic_signal.h:450 #19 0x8084918 in WorkArea::work_area_handler (ob=0x84a6db8, event=9, key=19, xev=0x4008ea40) at WorkArea.C:541 #20 0x808300e in C_WorkArea_work_area_handler (ob=0x84a6db8, event=9, key=19, xev=0x4008ea40) at WorkArea.C:65 #21 0x40051548 in fl_handle_it () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 #22 0x40051605 in fl_handle_object () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 #23 0x400437bd in fl_keyboard () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 #24 0x40043bc4 in fl_handle_form () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 #25 0x40043ecf in do_keyboard () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 #26 0x400444ea in do_interaction_step () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 #27 0x40044b49 in fl_treat_interaction_events () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 #28 0x40044b84 in fl_check_forms () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 #29 0x818b74a in GUIRunTime::runTime () at GUIRunTime.C:86 #30 0x80bc7c5 in LyXGUI::runTime (this=0x8452a38) at lyx_gui.C:316 #31 0x80bde7d in LyX::LyX (this=0xbffffb74, argc=0xbffffbc0, argv=0xbffffc04) at ../src/lyx_main.C:177 #32 0x80e3607 in main (argc=2, argv=0xbffffc04) at ../src/main.C:38 (gdb) quit -- Kayvan A. Sylvan | Proud husband of | Father to my kids: Sylvan Associates, Inc. | Laura Isabella Sylvan | Katherine Yelena (8/8/89) http://sylvan.com/~kayvan | "crown of her husband" | Robin Gregory (2/28/92)