Re: dev (gui) build does not start on kubuntu 13.04

[Ben Abbott]

On Aug 18, 2013, at 4:54 AM, Kirill Fuior wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to build and run octave from dev sources (according to etc/HACKING 
> and wiki instructions), but I face a problem -- after successful build it 
> simply does not start.
> 
> My actions step-by-step:
> * install build-dep octave and bison (it isn't included)
> * clone hg repository
> * bootstrap, configure (without custom options) and make.
> make is passed without errors (with only some compile warnings)
> * then I try ./run-octave or .build/src/octave script and it simply does 
> nothing, without any output.
> Only once it showed me wizard "It seems you are running octave gui first 
> time..." with only 1 active button "finish". When I click it, wizard has been 
> closed and again -- nothing else happen.
> 
> But src/octave-cli runs octave in terminal.
> Also, if I install latest (3.6.4) octave from the repository, it works.
> 
> So it seems problem is in gui.
> 
> I use Kubuntu 13.04 with latest recommended updates (kde 4.10.5, Qt 4.8.4).
> 
> Note:
> It worked few month ago, on Kubuntu 12.10.
> 
> I haven't found this issue neither in the known issues list, nor on bug 
> tracker.
> I haven't report this as a bug yet, because it may be that I'm doing 
> something wrong (?).
> 
> I really don't know what to do.
> Could anyone help me with this?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Kirill Fuior.

I may be able to confirm a problem.

I haven't tried the gui in a while.  Today with "hg id" -> "1c21f264d26f+ tip 
@", Octave exists with "Abort trap: 6".  The log from MacOSX is attached.

From gdb, the gui intially runs and allows me to enter a command.  After 
entering "plot (rand (3))" ...

Program received signal EXC_BAD_ACCESS, Could not access memory.
Reason: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at address: 0x0000000000000218
0x00007fff89926b06 in glDrawBuffer ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007fff89926b06 in glDrawBuffer ()
#1  0x0000000116888164 in Fl_Gl_Window::flush ()
#2  0x0000000116ccf1e5 in -[FLView drawRect:] ()
#3  0x00007fff8d4602ce in -[NSView _drawRect:clip:] ()
#4  0x00007fff8d48d49b in -[NSView 
_recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] ()
#5  0x00007fff8d48d8c7 in -[NSView 
_recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] ()
#6  0x00007fff8d45d8a9 in -[NSView 
_recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:]
 ()
#7  0x00007fff8d45cda3 in -[NSThemeFrame 
_recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:]
 ()
#8  0x00007fff8d4581bb in -[NSView 
_displayRectIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:] ()
#9  0x00007fff8d450c35 in -[NSView displayIfNeeded] ()
#10 0x00007fff8d450375 in _handleWindowNeedsDisplayOrLayoutOrUpdateConstraints 
()
#11 0x00007fff85e2a8e7 in 
__CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ ()
#12 0x00007fff85e2a846 in __CFRunLoopDoObservers ()
#13 0x00007fff85dffaf9 in __CFRunLoopRun ()
#14 0x00007fff85dff486 in CFRunLoopRunSpecific ()
#15 0x00007fff8a9cd2bf in RunCurrentEventLoopInMode ()
#16 0x00007fff8a9d44bf in ReceiveNextEventCommon ()
#17 0x00007fff8a9d43fa in BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode ()
#18 0x00007fff8d414779 in _DPSNextEvent ()
#19 0x00007fff8d41407d in -[NSApplication 
nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] ()
#20 0x00007fff8d4109b9 in -[NSApplication run] ()
#21 0x0000000103e16a6f in QEventDispatcherMac::processEvents ()
#22 0x0000000104c906f8 in QEventLoop::exec ()
#23 0x0000000104c93a23 in QCoreApplication::exec ()
#24 0x000000010008c009 in octave_start_gui ()
#25 0x000000010000aa4f in main ()

Ben

gui-crash.log
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