Openshot Video Editor crashes immidiatly after starting

[alwi]

After installing the latest Version in Kubuntu 10.10 I started the program. I saved an empty project and closed the program. After this Open Shot always crashes after starting.

[Olivier Girard (eolinwen)]

Hi,
Try to delete the folder hidden and check all your dependencies ( http://openshotusers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=758) we have added some other.
Thanks.

[Olivier Girard (eolinwen)]

Hum if you have all the dependencies installed and delete this folder by a : rm .openshot, we must have more informations for resolving your problem. Could you launch it in a console typing openshot & and put the result here. Without more informations, it is a bit weird for us.
Thanks.

[alwi (albrecht-will)]

Am Freitag, 18. Februar 2011, um 18:32:31 schrieben Sie:
> Hum if you have all the dependencies installed and delete this folder by a
> : rm .openshot, we must have more informations for resolving your problem.
> Could you launch it in a console typing openshot & and put the result
> here. Without more informations, it is a bit weird for us. Thanks.

Hi, Thanks for help.
 here ar the results.
---------------
 :~$ openshot
--------------------------------
   OpenShot (version 1.3.0)
--------------------------------
Process no longer exists: 4998. Creating new pid lock file.
state saved
**
Gtk:ERROR:/build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.22.0/gtk/gtkrecentmanager.c:1942:get_icon_fallback:
assertion failed: (retval != NULL)
Abgebrochen

[Olivier Girard (eolinwen)]

Are you on KDE and Do you use the QTCurve-GTK theme ?

[Olivier Girard (eolinwen)]

Ah okay. I see better with the screenshot. Effectively, you are on KDE and you are using the GTK2-engine-qtcurve.
At first look (see here : http://openshotusers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=751&p=3696&hilit=rm+gtkrc#p3696), there is a problem with this theme.
And you see that the solution is to remove a hidden folder. After, (but it is not confirm) you should change your theme. IT is to try one time with and after without. And I don't know if you change just the motor-engine before, resolve simply this issue.
So, anyway, you type this in a terminal :
rm .gtkrc-2.0*
and your problem will be resolve.
Thanks.

[Jonathan Thomas (jonoomph)]

This looks to be an issue with a theme on KDE, and nothing that needs to be fixed in OpenShot.

[Olivier Girard (eolinwen)]

This one touchs a lot of people and also Marverick.

2011/2/22 Jonathan Thomas <email address hidden>

> This looks to be an issue with a theme on KDE, and nothing that needs to
> be fixed in OpenShot.
>
> ** Changed in: openshot
> Status: New => Invalid
>
> ** Changed in: openshot
> Milestone: 1.3.1 => None
>
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>
> Title:
> Openshot Video Editor crashes immidiatly after starting
>
> Status in OpenShot Video Editor:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> After installing the latest Version in Kubuntu 10.10 I started the
> program. I saved an empty project and closed the program. After this
> Open Shot always crashes after starting.
>
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[Thangalin (thangalin-deactivatedaccount)]

The bug is with OpenShot.

OpenShot does not start because of Problem X, it means that OpenShot should do its best to resolve Problem X.

$ openshot
--------------------------------
   OpenShot (version 1.3.0)
--------------------------------
state saved
**
Gtk:ERROR:/build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.22.0/gtk/gtkrecentmanager.c:1942:get_icon_fallback: assertion failed: (retval != NULL)
Aborted

It does not matter that the fault is in gtkrecentmanager.c. OpenShot should be able to adapt. It is likely there is a check you can do just before calling get_icon_fallback and avoid that call, if it is not completely necessary.

Otherwise, you have potentially a great number of people who cannot use the software. Think about it from the perspective of an end-user, such as me.

1. Install OpenShot using PPA.
2. Run OpenShot (works fine).
3. Start editing a video.
4. Save the video (OpenShot crashes; shows that it saved the recovery file).
5. Start OpenShot.
6. OpenShot crashes.

Since OpenShot started the first time, it aught to start the second time. This is a bug with OpenShot.

[Olivier Girard (eolinwen)]

Hi Thangalin,
I don't understand one thing. This bug is only on Kubuntu and Marverick. We have none other reports about this one on the others systems/distributions and same on the previous version (aka Kubuntu Lucid/Mint). And personally, I have a KDE mint Isadora with none problem with.
It is the reason why we have marked this bug invalid.