Bug 442683

Summary:	KStars v. 3.5.5 crashes on macOS
Product:	[Applications] kstars	Reporter:	Jean-Claude <jcjesior>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Rob <rlancaste>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	3.5.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	macOS (DMG)
OS:	macOS
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Jean-Claude 2021-09-19 08:40:52 UTC

SUMMARY
KStars v. 3.5.5 crashes on macOS

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. KStars keeps crashing on 2 macOS computers whatever the profile
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OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 10.14.6
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Jean-Claude 2021-09-20 18:59:05 UTC

It seems that I solved this problem by installing KStars 3.5.5 on a clean disk.
Then I added/replaced the files of the new kstars folder by the files of the old one.
I found that the following old folders caused problems :
autofocus, defect maps, descriptions, ekos, gsc
I didn't add/replace them.
KStars 3.5.5 now works fine without crashing

Comment 2 Jean-Claude 2021-09-20 19:00:39 UTC

I forgot to mention that the folder "nds" caused also a crash

Comment 3 Jean-Claude 2021-09-20 19:03:32 UTC

Sorry, I was wrong and KStars 3.5.5 keeps crashing on the opening

Comment 4 Jean-Claude 2021-09-21 06:05:20 UTC

KStars 355 crashes with the Simulator profile.
After the crash, it is necessary to Force Quit the INDI Server which is still running.
In macOS, I can do this with the app Activity Monitor
Otherwise the crash still occurs with "real" profiles too

Comment 5 Rob 2022-01-23 04:06:49 UTC

This was fixed I think when we figured out what combination of settings caused it.