Bug 17906

Hi,

I have the same problem when trying to launch dasher from IceWM (in a Virtualbox VM, with LXDM or LightDM as DM) so I think the problem is not with LXDE but with dasher itself.

In my tests, dasher crashes the first time you try to launch it but works well after that (when you launch it again).

Best regards,

Nico.

It is not always the second time that launching dasher succeeds: in my latest test, it worked only the fifth time I tried to launch it.

Dasher also crashes with GDM/GNOME (in my Virtualbox VM) so it is definitively not a problem with LXDE.  I will modify the title and reassign this bug report to the maintainer displayed by the command "mgarepo maintdb get dasher".

add also Mate.

(In reply to Nicolas Salguero from comment #3)
> Dasher also crashes with GDM/GNOME (in my Virtualbox VM) so it is
> definitively not a problem with LXDE.  I will modify the title and reassign
> this bug report to the maintainer displayed by the command "mgarepo maintdb
> get dasher".

[I was just trying to edit the title and it wouldnt let me]

Please see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=763370 - trying to build dasher-4.11 from source (with a hack to link against -lX11) yielded exactly the same crash. It still uses gtk+2 which indicates it hasn't been updated in a while.

still valid

Mageia-6-dev1-i586-DVD.iso
DATE.txt: Thu Mar 10 21:45:52 CET 2016

(In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #5)
> Please see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=763370 - trying to
> build dasher-4.11 from source (with a hack to link against -lX11) yielded
> exactly the same crash. It still uses gtk+2 which indicates it hasn't been
> updated in a while.

I received a reply on the gnome.org bug I filed (see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=763370 ) and by accessing the gentoo.git link learned about the «rm m4/glib-gettext.m4» trick which allowed me to build dasher from git and it seems to run fine. However, it seems to be very different than the dasher we have , and I'm wary of packaging such a program without a release.

(In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #7)

-------------------------
> However, it
> seems to be very different than the dasher we have , and I'm wary of
> packaging such a program without a release.

should dasher be removed from final release?

I would be disappointed, my keyboard typing is so slow I rely on dasher very much. I compiled from git at start of November and have had no segfaults. It is using gtk/gdk 3 (not 2).

CC: (none) => deri

Hi all! This should be fixed in the new dasher-5.0.0-0.1beta from http://pkgsubmit.mageia.org/ - please test and report.

(In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #10)
> Hi all! This should be fixed in the new dasher-5.0.0-0.1beta from
> http://pkgsubmit.mageia.org/ - please test and report.

Hi Shlomi

works for me. :-).

thanks.


If Deri James concurs, this can be closed as resolved / fixed.

(In reply to ben mcmonagle from comment #11)
> (In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #10)
> > Hi all! This should be fixed in the new dasher-5.0.0-0.1beta from
> > http://pkgsubmit.mageia.org/ - please test and report.
> 
> Hi Shlomi
> 
> works for me. :-).
> 
> thanks.
> 

thanks for the update - and - you're welcome.

> 
> If Deri James concurs, this can be closed as resolved / fixed.

Nice.

(In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #12)

> 
> thanks for the update - and - you're welcome.
> 
> > 
> > If Deri James concurs, this can be closed as resolved / fixed.
> 
> Nice.

bother.

I only tried the i586, where it updated ok and then invokes successfully.

I have just finished install of x86_64 and  dasher-5.0.0-0.1beta is not available as an update.
so for x86_64 problem still exists.

(In reply to ben mcmonagle from comment #13)
> (In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #12)
> 
> > 
> > thanks for the update - and - you're welcome.
> > 
> > > 
> > > If Deri James concurs, this can be closed as resolved / fixed.
> > 
> > Nice.
> 
> bother.
> 
> I only tried the i586, where it updated ok and then invokes successfully.
> 
> I have just finished install of x86_64 and  dasher-5.0.0-0.1beta is not
> available as an update.
> so for x86_64 problem still exists.

It seems to be fine here :

http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/media/core/release/dasher-5.0.0-0.1.beta.mga6.x86_64.rpm

Please test.

I am currently on holiday, so can't test till Friday.

(In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #14)
> (In reply to ben mcmonagle from comment #13)
> > (In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #12)
> > 
> > > 
> > > thanks for the update - and - you're welcome.
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > If Deri James concurs, this can be closed as resolved / fixed.
> > > 
> > > Nice.
> > 
> > bother.
> > 
> > I only tried the i586, where it updated ok and then invokes successfully.
> > 
> > I have just finished install of x86_64 and  dasher-5.0.0-0.1beta is not
> > available as an update.
> > so for x86_64 problem still exists.
> 
> It seems to be fine here :
> 
> http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/media/
> core/release/dasher-5.0.0-0.1.beta.mga6.x86_64.rpm
> 
> Please test.

Last nights x86_64 test must have been from a different mirror from the i586 install ($mirrorlist).
anyway - tonights x86_64 test is good one.

Just waiting for an ok (or not) from Deri.

Seems to be working fine (cauldron x86-64 plasma). The reverse speed, i.e. backspacing, is a bit fierce, compared to previous version, but I'm sure I'll get used to it, or tweak the source.

(In reply to Deri James from comment #17)
> Seems to be working fine (cauldron x86-64 plasma). The reverse speed, i.e.
> backspacing, is a bit fierce, compared to previous version, but I'm sure
> I'll get used to it, or tweak the source.

Great! Thanks! Resolving as FIXED.

Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Status: NEW => RESOLVED