I attach the backtrace when the program is crashed as additional information.
Koji ------- Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0x2958a897 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x2958a897 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x2949d4f7 in raise () from /lib/libpthread.so.2 #2 0x295892fb in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6 #3 0x29448dc4 in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler () from /usr/local/lib/gcc-4.1.3/libstdc++.so.6 #4 0x2944673a in __cxxabiv1::__terminate () from /usr/local/lib/gcc-4.1.3/libstdc++.so.6 #5 0x29446782 in std::terminate () from /usr/local/lib/gcc-4.1.3/libstdc++.so.6 #6 0x294468ba in __cxa_throw () from /usr/local/lib/gcc-4.1.3/libstdc++.so.6 #7 0x0808d15e in boost::throw_exception<boost::io::bad_format_string> (e=Could not find the frame base for "void boost::throw_exception<boost::io::bad_format_string>(boost::io::bad_format_string const&)". ) at throw_exception.hpp:39 #8 0x0808d367 in boost::io::detail::maybe_throw_exception ( exceptions=255 '', pos=25, size=28) at parsing.hpp:106 #9 0x0808dea8 in boost::io::detail::parse_printf_directive<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>, std::allocator<wchar_t>, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<wchar_t const*, std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>, std::allocator<wchar_t> > >, std::ctype<wchar_t> > ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], fpar=0x87f1800, [EMAIL PROTECTED], offset=25, exceptions=255 '') at parsing.hpp:333 #10 0x0808ec0b in boost::basic_format<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>, std::allocator<wchar_t> >::parse (this=0xbfbfe404, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) at parsing.hpp:437 #11 0x0808f020 in basic_format (this=0xbfbfe404, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) at format_implementation.hpp:64 #12 0x0855f043 in lyx::support::bformat<std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>, std::allocator<wchar_t> > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) at lstrings.C:875 #13 0x081a31f1 in lyx::LyX::queryUserLyXDir (this=0xbfbfe834, explicit_userdir=false) at lyx_main.C:1095 #14 0x081a45e6 in lyx::LyX::init (this=0xbfbfe834) at lyx_main.C:845 #15 0x081a584f in lyx::LyX::init (this=0xbfbfe834, [EMAIL PROTECTED], argv=0xbfbfe884) at lyx_main.C:535 #16 0x081a60b9 in lyx::LyX::exec (this=0xbfbfe834, [EMAIL PROTECTED], argv=0xbfbfe884) at lyx_main.C:439 #17 0x080697c7 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbfbfe884) at main.C:48