Kicad Crashes during trace deletion

[Alex Powel-Smith]

Kicad started crashing on me while deleting a trace. PCBNew program freezes for about 5-30 seconds then exits immediately and the Kicad main window also closes. I am currently work on a layout with a 16 bit data bus with the tracks all length matched. When I try deleting one of the length matched traces is when the program crashes. Version information is below.

Application: Pcbnew
Version: (5.1.4)-1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
    libcurl/7.61.1 OpenSSL/1.1.1 (WinSSL) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.6 libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.5) nghttp2/1.34.0
Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
    Boost: 1.68.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.61.1
    Compiler: GCC 8.2.0 with C++ ABI 1013

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

[Ian McInerney (imcinerney)]

Is the trace you are trying to delete locked? There is a known bug in 5.1.4 that causes a crash when deleting locked items. It has been fixed in the soon to be released 5.1.5, so you can try downloading it as well.

[Alex Powel-Smith (primarysignal87)]

No the trace is not locked.

On Thu, Nov 21, 2019, 17:40 Ian McInerney <email address hidden> wrote:

> Is the trace you are trying to delete locked? There is a known bug in
> 5.1.4 that causes a crash when deleting locked items. It has been fixed
> in the soon to be released 5.1.5, so you can try downloading it as well.
>
> ** Changed in: kicad
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1853526
>
> Title:
> Kicad Crashes during trace deletion
>
> Status in KiCad:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Kicad started crashing on me while deleting a trace. PCBNew program
> freezes for about 5-30 seconds then exits immediately and the Kicad
> main window also closes. I am currently work on a layout with a 16
> bit data bus with the tracks all length matched. When I try deleting
> one of the length matched traces is when the program crashes. Version
> information is below.
>
> Application: Pcbnew
> Version: (5.1.4)-1, release build
> Libraries:
> wxWidgets 3.0.4
> libcurl/7.61.1 OpenSSL/1.1.1 (WinSSL) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.6
> libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.5) nghttp2/1.34.0
> Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian,
> wxMSW
> Build Info:
> wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
> Boost: 1.68.0
> OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
> Curl: 7.61.1
> Compiler: GCC 8.2.0 with C++ ABI 1013
>
> Build settings:
> USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
> USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
> KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
> KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
> KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
> KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
> KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
> KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
> BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
> KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
> KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
> KICAD_SPICE=ON
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1853526/+subscriptions
>

[Seth Hillbrand (sethh)]

5.1.5 has been released. Please download it from

https://kicad-downloads.s3.cern.ch/index.html?prefix=windows/stable/

and let us know if the problem is still not resolved.