Hugin crashes at start-up with /usr/include/wx-3.0/wx/object.h(160): assert "wxDynamicCast(ptr, T)" failed in wxCheckCast(): wxStaticCast() used incorrectly

[Karl Kastner]

Fresh installation. Crashed during first use. Since then it crashes every start up.

/usr/share/hugin/data/plugins/crop_cp.py
   CAT:Control Points
   NAM:Crop Control Points
/usr/share/hugin/data/plugins/shooting_pattern.py
   CAT:initial distribution
   NAM:6-1-1 Shooting Pattern
/usr/share/hugin/data/plugins/top_five.py
   CAT:Control Points
   NAM:keep 5 CPs per image pair
/usr/share/hugin/data/plugins/woa.py
   CAT:Control Points
   NAM:Warped Overlap Analysis
/usr/include/wx-3.0/wx/object.h(160): assert "wxDynamicCast(ptr, T)" failed in wxCheckCast(): wxStaticCast() used incorrectly

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: hugin 2014.0.0+dfsg-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-55.92-generic 3.13.11-ckt20
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-55-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Classic:GNOME
Date: Sun Nov 1 14:29:21 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-17 (228 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: hugin
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[jpe (jean-pierre-eckmann)]

same for me. ubuntu 14.04, with all current packages and

latest version of hugin 2016.1.0.8cfd8c46fd3e

message is

/usr/local/include/wx-3.1/wx/object.h(158): assert "((T *) wxCheckDynamicCast( const_cast<wxObject *>(static_cast<const wxObject *>( const_cast<T *>(static_cast<const T *>(ptr)))), &T::ms_classInfo))" failed in wxCheckCast(): wxStaticCast() used incorrectly

[Karl Kastner (kastner-karl)]

Still persistent in version 2015.0.0+dfsg-1 (xenial). Hugin log file is attached

[Karl Kastner (kastner-karl)]

_usr_bin_hugin.1000.crash

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Rolf Ketzer (rketzer)]

same for me
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
hugin 2016.2.0+dfsg-0ubuntu1-xenial