pcbnew crashes on launch

[Tom Cook]

Latest pvbnew nightly crashes on startup. A segfault core is attached. I'll build a debug version from source shortly to try to debug further.

KiCad version: 5.0.0-rec-unknown-3c7b91b~65~ubuntu18.03.1, release build
wxWidgets 3.0.4 Unicode and Boost 1.65.1
Platform: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64, 64 bit

[Seth Hillbrand (sethh)]

Please check that you do not have any user scripts in your ~/.kicad_plugins directory

[Jeff Young (jeyjey)]

gdb wouldn't open that core on OSX. Do I have to be on Linux for it to work?

[Seth Hillbrand (sethh)]

gdb doesn't like it on Linux either. Given the size, I suspect it is truncated. Tom is running Ubuntu 18.03, so if he has wx-based user scripts, he may be crashing due to the GTK2/GTK3 wx conflict.

[Tom Cook (tom-k-cook)]

I think I might at that. I'll check tomorrow morning.

On Tue, 19 Jun 2018, 19:01 Seth Hillbrand, <email address hidden>
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> gdb doesn't like it on Linux either. Given the size, I suspect it is
> truncated. Tom is running Ubuntu 18.03, so if he has wx-based user
> scripts, he may be crashing due to the GTK2/GTK3 wx conflict.
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[Tom Cook (tom-k-cook)]

Yep, removing the .kicad_plugins folder fixes this, probably because of a gtk version conflict between kicad and wxpython.

Can I ask a bonus question: is there an easy way to get a working wxpython on recent ubuntu?

[Seth Hillbrand (sethh)]

The easiest way right now would be to compile your own. But I think we should talk with js-reynaud about adding one to his PPA.