Bug 402941

Summary: KStars crashes when pressing arrow key in a specific situation
Product: [Applications] kstars Reporter: ld_secondary
Component: generalAssignee: Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: crash CC: ld_secondary
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 3.5.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Manjaro   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 3.5.5
Sentry Crash Report:

Description ld_secondary 2019-01-06 19:54:10 UTC
SUMMARY
KStars crashes when pressing arrow key in a specific situation

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Tools > "What's Interesting"
2. Click "Satellites"
3. Press any arrow key

OBSERVED RESULT
KStars crashes

EXPECTED RESULT
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SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 18.10
KDE Plasma Version: 5.13.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.50.0
Qt Version: 5.11.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Maybe this crash is related to the fact that the "Satellites" section has "No Items to display". It doesn't happen with other sections.
Comment 1 Justin Zobel 2021-01-12 02:03:30 UTC
Thank you for the crash report.

As it has been a while since this was reported, can you please test and confirm if this issue is still occurring or if this bug report can be marked as resolved.

I have set the bug status to "needsinfo" pending your response, please change back to "reported" or "resolved/worksforme" when you respond, thank you.
Comment 2 ld_secondary 2021-01-12 18:46:10 UTC
Just confirmed that the issue still occurs in a newer KStars version (3.5 Stable). Additionally I can report that before KStars crashes, I see hard disk activity for about a second.

Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.77.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.10.2-2-MANJARO
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 2 × Intel® Core™2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83GHz
Memory: 2,9 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa DRI Intel® 945GM