stellarium crashed with SIGSEGV in QGraphicsScene::setSceneRect()

[Ryan Kitty]

Binary package hint: stellarium

I went to the applications folder to launch Stellarium, and it crashed without even showing the splash screen.

using Ubuntu Natty Alpha 2 with all updates
stellarium version 0.10.5-1

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: stellarium 0.10.5-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 25 12:04:46 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/stellarium
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
ProcCmdline: stellarium
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x113f99a <_ZN14QGraphicsScene12setSceneRectERK6QRectF+26>: mov 0x4(%esi),%edx
 PC (0x0113f99a) ok
 source "0x4(%esi)" (0x00000004) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%edx" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: stellarium
StacktraceTop:
 QGraphicsScene::setSceneRect(QRectF const&) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
 StelMainGraphicsView::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent*) ()
 QWidget::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
 QFrame::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
 QAbstractScrollArea::viewportEvent(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
Title: stellarium crashed with SIGSEGV in QGraphicsScene::setSceneRect()
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[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Starting stellarium 0.10.6 in a terminal window, this is the output produced:

paul@DELL:~$ stellarium --safe-mode
Using default graphics system specified at build time: raster
 -------------------------------------------------------
[ This is Stellarium 0.10.6 - http://www.stellarium.org ]
[ Copyright (C) 2000-2010 Fabien Chereau et al ]
 -------------------------------------------------------
Writing log file to: "/home/paul/.stellarium/log.txt"
File search paths:
  0 . "/home/paul/.stellarium"
  1 . "/usr/share/stellarium"
Attempting to use an existing older config file.
Config file is: "/home/paul/.stellarium/config.ini"
X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
  Major opcode: 1 (X_CreateWindow)
  Resource id: 0x420000f
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 3 (X_GetWindowAttributes)
  Resource id: 0x4200011
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
  Resource id: 0x4200011
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
  Resource id: 0x4200011
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
  Resource id: 0x4200011
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
  Resource id: 0x4200011
X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
  Extension: 137 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 3 (Unknown request)
  Resource id: 0x4200011
X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
  Extension: 137 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 5 (Unknown request)
  Resource id: 0x4200011
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
  Resource id: 0x4200011
X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
  Extension: 137 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 5 (Unknown request)
  Resource id: 0x4200011
OpenGL supported version: "2.1 Mesa 7.10.1-devel"
Qt GL paint engine is: "OpenGL"
QEglContext::swapBuffers(): "Bad surface (0x300D)"
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

In previous versions of Ubuntu I could get stellarium to run in safe-mode only (bug #481669). With 11.04 even that is not currently possible.

[Ryan Kitty (gothickitty93)]

this is my terminal output

ryan@ryan-MT6458:~$ stellarium
Using default graphics system specified at build time: raster
 -------------------------------------------------------
[ This is Stellarium 0.10.5 - http://www.stellarium.org ]
[ Copyright (C) 2000-2010 Fabien Chereau et al ]
 -------------------------------------------------------
Writing log file to: "/home/ryan/.stellarium/log.txt"
File search paths:
  0 . "/home/ryan/.stellarium"
  1 . "/usr/share/stellarium"
Config file is: "/home/ryan/.stellarium/config.ini"
X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
  Major opcode: 1 (X_CreateWindow)
  Resource id: 0x3c0000f
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 3 (X_GetWindowAttributes)
  Resource id: 0x3c00011
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
  Resource id: 0x3c00011
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
  Resource id: 0x3c00011
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
  Resource id: 0x3c00011
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
  Resource id: 0x3c00011
X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
  Extension: 137 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 3 (Unknown request)
  Resource id: 0x3c00011
X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
  Extension: 137 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 5 (Unknown request)
  Resource id: 0x3c00011
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
  Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
  Resource id: 0x3c00011
X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9
  Extension: 137 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 5 (Unknown request)
  Resource id: 0x3c00011
Qt GL paint engine is: "OpenGL2"
QEglContext::swapBuffers(): "Bad surface (0x300D)"
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

[Peter Klausner (peter-a-klausner)]

Similar problem here on Natty; crashes right after the splash screen:
Using default graphics system specified at build time: raster
 -------------------------------------------------------
[ This is Stellarium 0.10.5 - http://www.stellarium.org ]
[ Copyright (C) 2000-2010 Fabien Chereau et al ]
 -------------------------------------------------------
Writing log file to: "/home/peteru/.stellarium/log.txt"
File search paths:
  0 . "/home/peteru/.stellarium"
  1 . "/usr/share/stellarium"
Config file is: "/home/peteru/.stellarium/config.ini"
Qt GL paint engine is: "OpenGL"
Cache directory is: "/home/peteru/.cache/stellarium/stellarium"
Sky language is "en_US"
Application language is "en_US"
Loading Solar System data ...
Loaded 38 / 38 planet orbits
Loading star data ...
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_0_0v0_1.cat": 0_0v0_1; 5013"
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_1_0v0_1.cat": 1_0v0_1; 21999"
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_2_0v0_1.cat": 2_0v0_1; 151416"
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_3_1v0_0.cat": 3_1v0_0; 434064"
Finished loading star catalogue data, max_geodesic_level: 3
navigation/preset_sky_time is a double - treating as jday: 2.45151e+06
Loaded 10051 NGC records
Loading NGC name data ...
Loaded 222 / 222 NGC name records successfully
Loaded 88 / 88 constellation records successfully for culture "western"
Loaded 85 / 85 constellation art records successfully for culture "western"
Loaded 89 / 89 constellation names
Loading constellation boundary data ...
Loaded 782 constellation boundary segments
Loading star names from "/usr/share/stellarium/skycultures/western/star_names.fab"
Loaded 230 / 230 common star names
Loading star names from "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/name.fab"
Loaded 3215 / 4359 scientific star names
Creating GUI ...
Segmentation fault

$ strace -eopen stellarium # ends here:
Creating GUI ...
open("/usr/share/stellarium/scripts/startup.ssc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 21
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
Segmentation fault

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[crchtiger (crchtiger)]

same error
lucyd

File search paths:
  0 . "/home/laura/.stellarium"
  1 . "/usr/share/stellarium"
Attempting to use an existing older config file.
Config file is: "/home/laura/.stellarium/config.ini"
X Error: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error) 16
  Extension: 138 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 39 (Unknown request)
  Resource id: 0x4c0000f
OpenGL supported version: "3.2.0 NVIDIA 195.36.24"
Qt GL paint engine is: "OpenGL"
Cache directory is: "/home/laura/.cache/stellarium/stellarium"
Sky language is "en_US"
Application language is "en_US"
Loading Solar System data ...
Loaded 38 / 38 planet orbits from "/usr/share/stellarium/data/ssystem.ini"
Loading star data ...
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_0_0v0_1.cat": 0_0v0_1; 5013"
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_1_0v0_1.cat": 1_0v0_1; 21999"
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_2_0v0_1.cat": 2_0v0_1; 151416"
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_3_1v0_0.cat": 3_1v0_0; 434064"
Finished loading star catalogue data, max_geodesic_level: 3
navigation/preset_sky_time is a double - treating as jday: 2.45151e+06
Loaded 10051 NGC records
Loading NGC name data ...
Loaded 222 / 222 NGC name records successfully
Loaded 88 / 88 constellation records successfully for culture "western"
Loaded 85 / 85 constellation art records successfully for culture "western"
Loaded 89 / 89 constellation names
Loading constellation boundary data ...
Loaded 782 constellation boundary segments
Loading star names from "/usr/share/stellarium/skycultures/western/star_names.fab"
Loaded 230 / 230 common star names
Loading star names from "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/name.fab"
Loaded 3215 / 4359 scientific star names
Creating GUI ...