Application: kstars (2.0.0) KDE Platform Version: 4.7.00 (4.7.0) Qt Version: 4.7.3 Operating System: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic i686 Distribution: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch) -- Information about the crash: - What I was doing when the application crashed: Start kstars. It crashes every time. Starting kstars in a terminal produces the following output: paul@DELL:~$ kstars kstars(19554) KStarsDateTime::fromString: "Could not parse Date/Time string: " "" kstars(19554) KStarsDateTime::fromString: "Valid date formats: " kstars(19554) KStarsDateTime::fromString: 1950-02-25 ; 1950-02-25T05:30:00 kstars(19554) KStarsDateTime::fromString: 25 Feb 1950 ; 25 Feb 1950 05:30:00 kstars(19554) KStarsDateTime::fromString: Sat Feb 25 1950 ; Sat Feb 25 05:30:00 1950 kstars(19554) ConstellationLines::ConstellationLines: "Star HD61,421 not found." kstars(19554) ConstellationLines::ConstellationLines: "Star HD10,700 not found." kstars(19554) ConstellationLines::ConstellationLines: "Star HD20,794 not found." kstars(19554) ConstellationLines::ConstellationLines: "Star HD2,151 not found." kstars(19554) ConstellationLines::ConstellationLines: "Star HD190,248 not found." kstars(19554) ConstellationLines::ConstellationLines: "Star HD142,860 not found." kstars(19554) ConstellationLines::ConstellationLines: "Star HD1,581 not found." kstars(19554) ConstellationLines::ConstellationLines: "Star HD1,581 not found." kstars(19554) ConstellationLines::ConstellationLines: "Star HD98,230 not found." *** glibc detected *** kstars: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x097be110 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x6b8c1)[0x2c7b8c1] /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x6d1eb)[0x2c7d1eb] /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(cfree+0x6d)[0x2c8037d] /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4(_Z5qFreePv+0x1b)[0x1e338fb] The crash can be reproduced every time. -- Backtrace: Application: KStars (kstars), signal: Aborted [KCrash Handler] #7 0x00e72416 in __kernel_vsyscall () #8 0x02c3add1 in raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #9 0x02c3e2ae in abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #10 0x02c714d7 in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #11 0x02c7b8c1 in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #12 0x02c7d1eb in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #13 0x02c8037d in free () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #14 0x01e338fb in qFree(void*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #15 0x01e84a42 in QString::free(QString::Data*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #16 0x01e67874 in QLocalePrivate::stringToDouble(QString const&, bool*, QLocalePrivate::GroupSeparatorMode) const () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #17 0x01e84216 in QString::toDouble(bool*) const () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #18 0x080cbd33 in AsteroidsComponent::loadData (this=0x984bba8) at ../../kstars/skycomponents/asteroidscomponent.cpp:118 #19 0x080cfc50 in SolarSystemComposite::SolarSystemComposite (this=0x96fc080, parent=0x8a06fb8) at ../../kstars/skycomponents/solarsystemcomposite.cpp:60 #20 0x080c5fbf in SkyMapComposite::SkyMapComposite (this=0x8a06fb0, parent=0x0) at ../../kstars/skycomponents/skymapcomposite.cpp:92 #21 0x081e4ec4 in KStarsData::initialize (this=0x89a0338) at ../../kstars/kstarsdata.cpp:185 #22 0x081cdf7c in KStars::KStars (this=0x897fb10, doSplash=true, clockrun=true, startdate=..., __in_chrg=<value optimized out>, __vtt_parm=<value optimized out>) at ../../kstars/kstars.cpp:106 #23 0x081ce15d in KStars::createInstance (doSplash=true, clockrun=true, startdate=...) at ../../kstars/kstars.cpp:121 #24 0x080715af in main (argc=) at ../../kstars/main.cpp:189 Reported using DrKonqi
Deleting kstarsrc allows program to start but crash occurs next time kstars is started. (In reply to comment #0) > Application: kstars (2.0.0) > KDE Platform Version: 4.7.00 (4.7.0) > Qt Version: 4.7.3 > Operating System: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic i686 > Distribution: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
Apologies, I meant to say deleting config directory ./kde/share/apps/kstars/ allows the program to start. Once this directory is recreated then kstars will again crash on startup. (In reply to comment #1) > Deleting kstarsrc allows program to start but crash occurs next time kstars is > started. > > (In reply to comment #0) > > Application: kstars (2.0.0) > > KDE Platform Version: 4.7.00 (4.7.0) > > Qt Version: 4.7.3 > > Operating System: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic i686 > > Distribution: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 279026 ***