Footprint Editor crashing on Windows

[Bruno A. Almeida]

Kicad Version: 4.0.3-stable (downloaded pre-compiled from official site)
wxWidgets: 3.0.2
boost: 1.57.0
Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Steps to reproduce:

1 -> Open Kicad
2 -> Open Footprint Editor in OpenGL mode
3 -> New Footprint
4 -> Draw a line
5 -> Select this line
6 -> M to move it
7 -> Esc without placing it to the new location

It crashes and closes everything always for me. Windows throws the box "kicad.exe has stopped working".

I use Kicad both on Linux and Windows, but I'll be able to check on Linux just on weekend.

[Bruno A. Almeida (brunoeagle)]

Yes it is happening on Linux too, exactly the same way:

- Kicad 4.0.3 (compiled
- Boost 1.60.0
- Arch Linux 64 bit
- Kicad 4.0.3 (downloaded the source .xz) compiled with:
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
  -DKICAD_SKIP_BOOST=ON
  -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
  -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
  -DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON

Later I can post a gdb log.

[Bruno A. Almeida (brunoeagle)]

Sorry, the error returned on Linux is a Segmentation Fault (core dumped).

[Novak Tamas (novak-7)]

Confirmed, but it seems only 4.0.3 stable (and older pre-7000 nighlies) fail.
Some tests:

- 4.0.3 stable, Win8.1/x64: after steps in original report, "kicad has stopped working"
- 6968 nightly, Win8.1/x64: crashed immediately when switching to OpenGL in Footprint Editor
- 7083 nightly, Win7/x64: works well
- 4.0.2 stable, Win7/x64: works well
- Linux mint 18, 4.1.0-alpha: works well