mate-calc crashed without a message

[Willem Hobers]

Using xubuntu 18.04 daily, updated.

Was not doing anything special. Did try out some wrong syntaxes, to test the calculator. Then a crash. I assume because of the wrong syntax; but I don't think it should have crashed. I expected a "wrong" syntax message, or something like that.

Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)
Release: 18.04

Linux Xubuntu-18-04 4.15.0-10-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 13 18:23:35 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: mate-calc 1.20.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-10.11-generic 4.15.3
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sun Mar 11 09:48:57 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-08 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180306.1)
SourcePackage: mate-calc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Etienne Papegnies (etienne-papegnies)]

Hello, please try and find the exact syntax to cause the crash so that there is a reliable way for the developers to reproduce this bug.

[Willem Hobers (whobers)]

I can reliably reproduce this by
- starting mate-calc
- typing in 8*8
- press enter
- display shows 64
- on the calculator keyboard click: x2, square root sign
- press enter
- crash

(tried starting with 10x10; also results in crash)

Does this help?

[Willem Hobers (whobers)]

Please see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mate-calc/+bug/1754972, which contains the crash report that was produced when I reproduced above sequence.

[Etienne Papegnies (etienne-papegnies)]

I can't access this link but Monsta might be able to.
I can't immediately reproduce the bug using the sequence you've described on a Ubuntu MATE 18.04 Beta install in a VM.
How did you install mate-calc? (Did you install the whole mate-desktop?)

[Etienne Papegnies (etienne-papegnies)]

Wait, nevermind my previous. I missed the "square root sign" part or your steps.
Now that I have corrected this, I can indeed reproduce your crash.
This also affects Artful.

[Willem Hobers (whobers)]

Just to be clear: I did not install mate-calc. It's part of the distro I am testing at the moment: Xubuntu 18.04. Should I warn the people over there as well? Or is that not necessary? (Sorry for asking, but I'm quite new to all this.)

[Willem Hobers (whobers)]

Perhaps it's helpful to mention: a shorter sequence of actions does also lead to a crash:

- enter any digit (say 5)
- press enter (or click "=")
- press x2 (or the ctrl-2)
- press sqrt sign (or ctrl-r)
- press enter (or click "=")

The crash occurs without fail.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for mate-calc (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

I successfully reproduced this issue with the steps outlined in #8.