A crash log is a good place to start - it might be something with compilation or the system and a debug build would be unnecessary.
On Oct 30, 2011, at 12:31 AM, Mars wrote: > Yes, I have sent quite a few crash reports, but would like to build QGIS with > debugging to hopefully get more useful info for dev.'s or others better at > understanding how I am stuffing things up. > > I am hopeful that I may have pin-pointed more consistently QGIS crashing. > > They Mac model I was using is iMac8,1 The other iMac I have been using is an > iMac7,1 > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2011-10-29, at 4:51 PM, William Kyngesburye <wokl...@kyngchaos.com> wrote: > >> I couldn't get QGIS to crash like this, on either Snow Leopard or Lion. >> >> Maybe a crash report will help. >> >> On Oct 29, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Mars Sjoden wrote: >> >>> Some curious findings just now after reviewing several hours of Screen >>> recordings of using QGIS on various operating system platforms (eyes... >>> bleeding)... >>> >>> What I noticed... >>> >>> 1. Double click layer to Launch Properties Window >>> 2. (do nothing or make changes) Simply single click APPLY/OK and QGIS >>> crashes >>> >>> VS >>> >>> 1. RIGHT CLICK layer, >>> 2. Select Properties from contextual menu to launch Properties Window >>> 4. Do what ever you like then click APPLY/OK... >>> 5. no problem >>> >>> I repeated this test about 10 times on OS X.6.8 cleaned caches and new >>> .plist file and the new QGIS 1.7.1-2 from William Kyng's site, with these >>> exact same outcomes as above. >>> >>> However, after about the 10th relaunch of QGIS 1.7.1-2 after crashing it, >>> I was unable to reproduce (no crashes) after about 30+ properties toggles >>> and 10+ different QGIS relaunches. >>> >>> Now (to add another variable). After I completed >>> >>> 1. launch QGIS >>> 2. Load Natural Earth shp layer >>> 3. Double Click Natural Earth shp layer to Launch Properties Window >>> 4. (do nothing) Simply single click APPLY/OK and QGIS >>> 5. OK >>> 6. Scroll mouse zoom map canvas >>> 7. Double Click Natural Earth shp layer to Launch Properties Window >>> 8. (do nothing) Simply single click APPLY/OK and QGIS crashes >>> >>> and returns back to >>> >>> 1. launch QGIS >>> 2. Load Natural Earth shp layer >>> 3. Double Click Natural Earth shp layer to Launch Properties Window >>> 4. (do nothing) Simply single click APPLY/OK and QGIS crashes >>> >>> ... >>> >>> Soooo far I am unable to crash QGIS IF I invoke the Properties Window via >>> Right Mouse click on Layer. >>> >>> could this be the key to my issues? I hope so... will ONLY use right >>> click layer to invoke properties window from now on to test. >>> >>> mars >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Mars Sjoden <marsofea...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Yah, I am wondering if there is a certain hardware configuration on my >>> machines that is not agreeing with Qt cocoa. >>> >>> Apple hardware tested: >>> >>> 3x iMac 3.06ghz core2duo, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS >>> 1x iMac 2.00ghz core2dou, ATI radeon hd2400 >>> 1x macbookpro 2ghz, core dou, ati radeon??? >>> >>> recent testing on:10.6 vanilla >>> >>> QGIS 1.7 to 1.7.1-2 (and 1.8) - including William Kyng's required >>> frameworks >>> >>> opening Properties dialogue windo and selecting OK or APPLY (either after >>> making changes or making no changes) will at some point seemingly randomly >>> crash QGIS >>> >>> With the latest 10.6.8 update (or perhaps 1.7.1 not sure which came first) >>> I have one iMac 3ghz machine that will kill QGIS everytime I open a >>> properties window and click OK or APPLY without making any changes. >>> >>> Just curious if there is some sort of hardware issue since I have flat out >>> re-installed 10.6 on many of my machines with the only extra software >>> installed including QGIS and the frameworks and still have the same issue. >>> >>> Of note, >>> >>> I have tested the latest operating systems from >>> OSGeo (ubuntu 11?) >>> Fedora 15 >>> Mint 11, Katya >>> Debian 6 Squeeze >>> OpenSUSE 11 >>> and Windows 7 >>> both on separate partition tables without a virtual machine and in Virtual >>> Box, Parallels 7 and VMWare 4. >>> >>> I still have instability issues, although found OpenSUSE 11 and Windows 7 >>> to be the most stable so far allowing for up to an hours worth of work >>> before a crash. >>> >>> The crashes in OpenSUSE 11 seem to be related to the properties dialogue >>> window OK/APPLY (that is when the crashes occur), while on Windows 7 it is >>> more random through out the use of QGIS. >>> >>> Datasets I have been testing with have been from the openly available >>> Natural Earth shapefile datasets as you suggested William. >>> >>> Mars >>> >>> What sort of problems are you having? I don't think there is anything >>> specific to a system version, it's more connected with what Qt version and >>> type (carbon vs. cocoa). Newer systems need Qt cocoa, definitely Lion does. >>> >>> There are a few known issues, with bug reports and mentioned in my >>> distribution readme (font selection, non-ascii chars in GRASS shell, max # >>> open files). A couple other recent issues I can think of: odd >>> georeferencer window behavior, minimized globe plugin panel appears on top >>> of upper-left corner toolbar. >>> >>> Much of this probably has something to do with Qt cocoa. >>> >>> ----- >>> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> >>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/ >>> >>> "Oh, look, I seem to have fallen down a deep, dark hole. Now what does >>> that remind me of? Ah, yes - life." >>> >>> - Marvin >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-user mailing list >>> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> >> ----- >> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> >> http://www.kyngchaos.com/ >> >> "This is a question about the past, is it? ... How can I tell that the past >> isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate >> physical sensations and my state of mind?" >> >> - The Ruler of the Universe >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ----- William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> http://www.kyngchaos.com/ "The beast is actively interested only in now, and, as it is always now and always shall be, there is an eternity of time for the accomplishment of objects." - the wisdom of Tarzan _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
