Open Babel GUI shows a blizzard of error messages on startup

[Chai T. Rex]

Ubuntu release
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Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04

Description: Ubuntu 16.10
Release: 16.10

Package version
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Ubuntu 16.04.1
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openbabel-gui:
  Installed: 2.3.2+dfsg-2.2build1
  Candidate: 2.3.2+dfsg-2.2build1
  Version table:
 *** 2.3.2+dfsg-2.2build1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Xubuntu 16.10
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openbabel-gui:
  Installed: 2.3.2+dfsg-2.4
  Candidate: 2.3.2+dfsg-2.4
  Version table:
 *** 2.3.2+dfsg-2.4 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

What was expected
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When `obgui` is run, the GUI should show up immediately.

What happens instead
====================

When `obgui` is run, the following error comes up repeatedly, seeming to require the user to repeatedly click to continue past it (the first few lines about a mismatch show up only on Ubuntu 16.10):

05:31:37: Warning: Mismatch between the program and library build versions detected.
The library used 3.0 (wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1009,wx containers,compatible with 2.8),
and your program used 3.0 (wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1010,wx containers,compatible with 2.8).
../src/common/menucmn.cpp(310): assert "wxIsStockID(GetId())" failed in SetItemLabel(): A non-stock menu item with an empty label?
../src/common/stockitem.cpp(213): assert "Assert failure" failed in wxGetStockLabel(): invalid stock item ID
../src/common/menucmn.cpp(310): assert "wxIsStockID(GetId())" failed in SetItemLabel(): A non-stock menu item with an empty label?
../src/common/stockitem.cpp(213): assert "Assert failure" failed in wxGetStockLabel(): invalid stock item ID
../src/common/menucmn.cpp(310): assert "wxIsStockID(GetId())" failed in SetItemLabel(): A non-stock menu item with an empty label?
../src/common/stockitem.cpp(213): assert "Assert failure" failed in wxGetStockLabel(): invalid stock item ID
../src/common/menucmn.cpp(310): assert "wxIsStockID(GetId())" failed in SetItemLabel(): A non-stock menu item with an empty label?
../src/common/stockitem.cpp(213): assert "Assert failure" failed in wxGetStockLabel(): invalid stock item ID
../src/common/menucmn.cpp(310): assert "wxIsStockID(GetId())" failed in SetItemLabel(): A non-stock menu item with an empty label?
../src/common/stockitem.cpp(213): assert "Assert failure" failed in wxGetStockLabel(): invalid stock item ID

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: openbabel-gui 2.3.2+dfsg-2.2build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-53.74-generic 4.4.30
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-53-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Dec 12 05:27:21 2016
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is a distribution channel descriptor
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-01 (41 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47
SourcePackage: openbabel
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thanks for taking your time to report this issue and help making Ubuntu better.

I can confirm that I see the same error messages when attempting to run obgui from openbabel-gui 2.3.2+dfsg-2.4build1 on Ubuntu Zesty. I am not sure how bad this issue is, because at first I thought the program wouldn't start at all.

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

I saw similar error messages when testing in Debian Sid, so I've forwarded the bug report to Debian.

[rafael malagon (rmalagonb)]

And what happened with the bug found....

i have this message wit openbabel GUI:

XXXXX@nibiru:~/programas/mgltools_x86_64Linux2_1.5.7rc1/bin$ obgui
../src/common/menucmn.cpp(310): assert "wxIsStockID(GetId())" failed in SetItemLabel(): A non-stock menu item with an empty label?
assert "wxIsStockID(GetId())" failed in SetItemLabel(): A non-stock menu item with an empty label?
/mgltools_x86_64Linux2_1.5.7rc1/bin$ obgui
../src/common/menucmn.cpp(310): assert "wxIsStockID(GetId())" failed in SetItemLabel(): A non-stock menu item with an empty label?
assert "wxIsStockID(GetId())" failed in SetItemLabel(): A non-stock menu item with an empty label?