Crash when trying to browse a CHM book with CHM viewer

[hero1900]

Binary package hint: gnochm

well i have some chm books and i was looking for a program that can open them i search the synaptic and download CHM viewer, but the problem is when i try to navigate through the book it always crash and close without giving me and feedback. so i couldn't figure what is the problem.

#system info:
running ubuntu 9.04
#package info:
  gnochm:
  Installed: 0.9.11-2
  Candidate: 0.9.11-2
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.11-2 0
        500 http://my.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnochm 0.9.11-2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnochm
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[Nico Zanferrari (nicozanf)]

I have the same problem, also on Jaunty. Launching "gnochm file.chm" by hand gives randomly Segmentation faults like:

nico@zanfe-ubu:~$ gnochm file.chm
GetIndex: file size = 0
/usr/bin/gnochm:1980: Warning: g_hash_table_insert_internal: assertion `hash_table->ref_count > 0' failed
  gtk.main()
/usr/bin/gnochm:1645: Warning: g_hash_table_insert_internal: assertion `hash_table->ref_count > 0' failed
  self.htmlview.zoom_in()
Segmentation fault

nico@zanfe-ubu:~$ gnochm file.chm
GetIndex: file size = 0
/usr/bin/gnochm:1648: Warning: g_hash_table_insert_internal: assertion `hash_table->ref_count > 0' failed
  self.htmlview.zoom_reset()
/usr/bin/gnochm:1980: Warning: g_hash_table_insert_internal: assertion `hash_table->ref_count > 0' failed
  gtk.main()
Segmentation fault

[Nedim Muminović (nedimmuminovic)]

Same error on 64 bit Ubuntu 9.04

[IKT (ikt)]

64 bit Ubuntu 9.04

ikt@ikt-omg:/media/fraps$ gnochm book.chm
GetIndex: file size = 0
/usr/bin/gnochm:1980: Warning: g_hash_table_insert_internal: assertion `hash_table->ref_count > 0' failed
  gtk.main()
Segmentation fault

[IKT (ikt)]

This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at:

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2878451&group_id=96084&atid=613578

[MURAKAMI (lev-murakami)]

9.10 karmic on AMD64
gnochm 0.9.11 crashes frequently when trying to move from one page to others.

gdb says
~~
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
IA__gdk_cairo_set_source_pixbuf (cr=<value optimized out>,
    pixbuf=<value optimized out>, pixbuf_x=<value optimized out>,
    pixbuf_y=<value optimized out>)
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.3/gdk/gdkcairo.c:242
 in /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.3/gdk/gdkcairo.c
~~
or
~~
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff2c5c147 in pango_fc_fontset_get_font_at (fontset=0x14a4cf0, i=0)
    at /build/buildd/pango1.0-1.26.0/pango/pangofc-fontmap.c:877
 in /build/buildd/pango1.0-1.26.0/pango/pangofc-fontmap.c
~~

[turtle (irate-turtle)]

/usr/bin/gnochm:1961: Warning: g_set_prgname() called multiple times
  sys.argv, popt_table)
/usr/bin/gnochm:474: GtkWarning: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated
  self.xml = gtk.glade.XML(path_prefdialog, None, app)
GetIndex: file size = 0
Unhandled property: 494 font-decoration
Unhandled property: 494 font-decoration
Unhandled property: 494 font-decoration
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Segmentation fault

[Iván Pérez (ivan.perez-keera.es)]

Same problem under koala and lucid.

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

gnochm was removed in 10.10 and later.