Linux Calibre 4.9.1 - Crash to desktop
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | calibre |
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Version: 4.9.1
OS: Linux
Steps to reproduce:
1) Start calibre
2) Click Preferences
3) Choose to change behaviour
4) Click Output options
5) calibre disappears
Running from command prompt adds following messages after crash:
free(): invalid pointer
Aborted (core dumped)
I renamed "Calibre Library" and '.config/calibre" and was able to reproduce the same error using the same above steps with the blank configuration and library.
| Steve Healey (dolamant) wrote : | #2 |
Sorry, I should have mentioned that I was using the official version. Thank you!
| Changed in calibre: | |
| status: | Invalid → New |
| Kovid Goyal (kovid) wrote : | #3 |
run calibre as
calibre-debug -g
and post the output from the terminal after the crash
Here is the output produced by the following command:
script -c "calibre-debug -g" Calibre-output
On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 9:55 PM Kovid Goyal <email address hidden>
wrote:
> run calibre as
>
> calibre-debug -g
>
> and post the output from the terminal after the crash
>
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> Title:
> Linux Calibre 4.9.1 - Crash to desktop
>
> Status in calibre:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Version: 4.9.1
> OS: Linux
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1) Start calibre
> 2) Click Preferences
> 3) Choose to change behaviour
> 4) Click Output options
> 5) calibre disappears
>
> Running from command prompt adds following messages after crash:
>
> free(): invalid pointer
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
> I renamed "Calibre Library" and '.config/calibre" and was able to
> reproduce the same error using the same above steps with the blank
> configuration and library.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https:/
>
| Kovid Goyal (kovid) wrote : | #5 |
Next try producing a backtrace
echo bt | coredumpctl gdb
assuminf your distro uses systemd otherwise you will need to find out how to create backtraces for it.
| Steve Healey (dolamant) wrote : | #6 |
The command in your response, just produced the message "No coredump
found.", even though my distro does use systemd. I figured out how to
generate the coredump file and then using gdb created a backtrace fle,
Thank you for your patience with me!
On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 5:15 PM Kovid Goyal <email address hidden>
wrote:
> Next try producing a backtrace
>
> echo bt | coredumpctl gdb
>
> assuminf your distro uses systemd otherwise you will need to find out
> how to create backtraces for it.
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https:/
>
> Title:
> Linux Calibre 4.9.1 - Crash to desktop
>
> Status in calibre:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Version: 4.9.1
> OS: Linux
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1) Start calibre
> 2) Click Preferences
> 3) Choose to change behaviour
> 4) Click Output options
> 5) calibre disappears
>
> Running from command prompt adds following messages after crash:
>
> free(): invalid pointer
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
> I renamed "Calibre Library" and '.config/calibre" and was able to
> reproduce the same error using the same above steps with the blank
> configuration and library.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https:/
>
From the backtrace, the crash is happening in your systems Qt 5 CUPS
printer plugin. You can confirm by renaming the file /usr/lib64/
status invalid
| Changed in calibre: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
I renamed the above .so file and it still core dumps. Here is the backtrace
of the second core dump.
On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 9:05 PM Kovid Goyal <email address hidden>
wrote:
> >From the backtrace, the crash is happening in your systems Qt 5 CUPS
> printer plugin. You can confirm by renaming the file
> /usr/lib64/
>
> status invalid
>
> ** Changed in: calibre
> Status: New => Invalid
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https:/
>
> Title:
> Linux Calibre 4.9.1 - Crash to desktop
>
> Status in calibre:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Version: 4.9.1
> OS: Linux
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1) Start calibre
> 2) Click Preferences
> 3) Choose to change behaviour
> 4) Click Output options
> 5) calibre disappears
>
> Running from command prompt adds following messages after crash:
>
> free(): invalid pointer
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
> I renamed "Calibre Library" and '.config/calibre" and was able to
> reproduce the same error using the same above steps with the blank
> configuration and library.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https:/
>
| Kovid Goyal (kovid) wrote : Fixed in master | #8 |
Fixed in branch master. The fix will be in the next release. calibre is usually released every alternate Friday.
status fixreleased
| Changed in calibre: | |
| status: | Invalid → Fix Released |
Awesome, thanks!
On Wed, Feb 5, 2020, 9:25 PM Kovid Goyal <email address hidden> wrote:
> Fixed in branch master. The fix will be in the next release. calibre is
> usually released every alternate Friday.
>
> status fixreleased
>
> ** Changed in: calibre
> Status: Invalid => Fix Released
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
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>
> Title:
> Linux Calibre 4.9.1 - Crash to desktop
>
> Status in calibre:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Version: 4.9.1
> OS: Linux
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1) Start calibre
> 2) Click Preferences
> 3) Choose to change behaviour
> 4) Click Output options
> 5) calibre disappears
>
> Running from command prompt adds following messages after crash:
>
> free(): invalid pointer
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
> I renamed "Calibre Library" and '.config/calibre" and was able to
> reproduce the same error using the same above steps with the blank
> configuration and library.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https:/
>
| Kovid Goyal (kovid) wrote : | #10 |
Its loading the renamed file, move it out of that directory completely.
Moving the file out of the directory, solved the crash! Thank you for all
of your help!
On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 9:35 PM Kovid Goyal <email address hidden>
wrote:
> Its loading the renamed file, move it out of that directory completely.
>
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> report.
> https:/
>
> Title:
> Linux Calibre 4.9.1 - Crash to desktop
>
> Status in calibre:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Version: 4.9.1
> OS: Linux
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1) Start calibre
> 2) Click Preferences
> 3) Choose to change behaviour
> 4) Click Output options
> 5) calibre disappears
>
> Running from command prompt adds following messages after crash:
>
> free(): invalid pointer
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
> I renamed "Calibre Library" and '.config/calibre" and was able to
> reproduce the same error using the same above steps with the blank
> configuration and library.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https:/
>
I do not provide support for people using distro provided packages. If you are using a distro provided package, uninstall it and install the official calibre binary from https:/
status invalid