I am not subscribed to this list; I am not a developer, but rather a happy user of Lyx who finds that his installation on a friend's machine is failing ...
I'm not sure that I searched your bugzilla 'correctly', but 'core on exit' turned up nothing. I just installed Lyx on a 64-bit Linux system and am getting core dumps when I exit. The following information describes the system and then shows the gdb 'backtrace' to show the source of the core. Hope this helps ... Mark ---------------------- Mark Dalphin Dept Comp Biol, M/S AW2/D3262 Amgen, Inc. 1201 Amgen Court W Seattle, WA 98119 Phone: +1-206-265-7951 ============================================================================ ========================== Start with: lyx test.lyx Create the new document (dialog box). Type a sentence into the new document. Type Ctrl-S. Type Ctrl-Q. Leads to a core dump. File, test.lyx, appears correctly made. System: uname -a Linux tuolumne.amgen.com 2.4.21-20.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Aug 18 20:34:58 EDT 2004 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Running: Red Hat Enterprise Linux cat /etc/issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3 (Taroon Update 7) Kernel \r on an \m --------------------------------------------- Lyx in in a local install (/home/mdalphin/x86_64/bin/). Configured: ./configure --prefix=/home/mdalphin/x86_64 --with-frontend=qt make make check make install lyx --version LyX 1.4.1 of Tue, Apr 11, 2006 Built on Jun 28 2006, 12:36:24 Configuration Host type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Special build flags: compression use-pspell use-ispell C Compiler: gcc C Compiler LyX flags: C Compiler flags: -I/usr/X11R6/include -O2 C++ Compiler: g++ (3.2.3) C++ Compiler LyX flags: -fno-exceptions C++ Compiler flags: -I/usr/X11R6/include -O2 Linker flags: Linker user flags: Qt Frontend: Qt version: 3.1.2 Packaging: posix LyX binary dir: /home/mdalphin/x86_64/bin LyX files dir: /home/mdalphin/x86_64/share/lyx QT version: rpm -q qt qt-3.1.2-13.4 ---------------------------------------------- Run GDB to locate the point of the failure: gdb /home/mdalphin/x86_64/bin/lyx core.10384 GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.3.0.0-1.90rh) Copyright 2004 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 "x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu"... (no debugging symbols found) Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/tls/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `lyx test.lyx'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/qt-3.1/lib/libqt-mt.so.3...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/qt-3.1/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libpspell.so.4...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libpspell.so.4 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3... (no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.3 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libpspell-modules.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libpspell-modules.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.5... (no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.5 Reading symbols from /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib64/libSM.so.6... (no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib64/libSM.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib64/libICE.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib64/libICE.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib64/libX11.so.6... (no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib64/libX11.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libz.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libz.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib64/tls/libm.so.6...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib64/tls/libm-2.3.4.so.debug...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/tls/libm.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib64/tls/libc.so.6...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib64/tls/libc-2.3.4.so.debug...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/tls/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib64/tls/libpthread.so.0...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib64/tls/libpthread-2.3.4.so.debug...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/tls/libpthread.so.0 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libmng.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libmng.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib64/libGL.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib64/libGL.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXmu.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXmu.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXrender.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXrender.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXrandr.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXrandr.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXft.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXft.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXext.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXext.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib64/libdl.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib64/libdl-2.3.4.so.debug...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib64/ld-2.3.4.so.debug...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXt.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXt.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libexpat.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libexpat.so.0 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lib64/common/xlcUTF8Load.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lib64/common/xlcUTF8Load.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lib64/common/ximcp.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lib64/common/ximcp.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXcursor.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXcursor.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lib64/common/xomGeneric.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lib64/common/xomGeneric.so.2 #0 0x0000002a96befcc1 in raise (sig=10384) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:67 67 int res = INLINE_SYSCALL (tgkill, 3, pid, selftid, sig); (gdb) backtrace #0 0x0000002a96befcc1 in raise (sig=10384) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:67 #1 0x0000002a96bf1492 in abort () at ../sysdeps/generic/abort.c:88 #2 0x00000000006faf89 in lyx::support::abort () #3 0x00000000004bddc7 in error_handler () #4 <signal handler called> #5 0x0000002a96c2a34e in __libc_free (mem=0x9a917f) at malloc.c:3393 #6 0x0000002a962ca8fe in operator delete () from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.5 #7 0x0000002a962bec80 in std::string::_Rep::_M_destroy () from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.5 #8 0x0000002a962bc492 in std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string () from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.5 #9 0x00000000007162d2 in __tcf_3 () #10 0x0000002a96bf260b in exit (status=0) at exit.c:60 #11 0x000000000061968b in lyx_gui::exit () #12 0x00000000004ba64d in QuitLyX () #13 0x00000000004ce767 in LyXFunc::dispatch () #14 0x00000000004cbe4e in LyXFunc::processKeySym () #15 0x000000000042d583 in BufferView::Pimpl::workAreaKeyPress () #16 0x00000000004333cd in boost::detail::function::void_function_obj_invoker2<boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf2<void, BufferView::Pimpl, boost::shared_ptr<LyXKeySym>, key_modifier::state>, boost::_bi::list3<boost::_bi::value<BufferView::Pimpl*>, boost::arg<1>, boost::arg<2> > >, void, boost::shared_ptr<LyXKeySym>, key_modifier::state>::invoke () #17 0x00000000006b815f in boost::function2<void, boost::shared_ptr<LyXKeySym>, key_modifier::state, std::allocator<void> >::operator() () #18 0x00000000006b7fce in boost::operator++<boost::signals::detail::slot_call_iterator<boost::signals: :detail::call_bound2<void>::caller<boost::shared_ptr<LyXKeySym>, key_modifier::state, boost::function<void ()(boost::shared_ptr<LyXKeySym>, key_modifier::state), std::allocator<void> > >, boost::signals::detail::named_slot_map_iterator>, boost::signals::detail::unusable, boost::single_pass_traversal_tag, boost::signals::detail::unusable const&, long> () #19 0x00000000006b76e1 in boost::signal2<void, boost::shared_ptr<LyXKeySym>, key_modifier::state, boost::last_value<void>, int, std::less<int>, boost::function<void ()(boost::shared_ptr<LyXKeySym>, key_modifier::state), std::allocator<void> > >::operator() () #20 0x00000000006b6743 in QContentPane::keyeventTimeout () #21 0x00000000006beafe in QContentPane::qt_invoke () #22 0x0000002a959a49a3 in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib64/qt-3.1/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #23 0x0000002a959a4868 in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib64/qt-3.1/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #24 0x0000002a95c1c5a4 in QTimer::timeout () from /usr/lib64/qt-3.1/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #25 0x0000002a959c0180 in QTimer::event () from /usr/lib64/qt-3.1/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #26 0x0000002a95951ea3 in QApplication::internalNotify () from /usr/lib64/qt-3.1/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #27 0x0000002a959518c1 in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib64/qt-3.1/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #28 0x0000002a959318dd in QEventLoop::activateTimers () from /usr/lib64/qt-3.1/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #29 0x0000002a9591331f in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /usr/lib64/qt-3.1/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #30 0x0000002a9596326f in QEventLoop::enterLoop () from /usr/lib64/qt-3.1/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #31 0x0000002a95963132 in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib64/qt-3.1/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #32 0x0000002a95952025 in QApplication::exec () from /usr/lib64/qt-3.1/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #33 0x00000000006194ff in lyx_gui::start () #34 0x00000000004bd433 in LyX::priv_exec () #35 0x00000000004bcfc3 in LyX::exec () #36 0x0000000000426192 in main ()