[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Bugs-1936531 ] PDe 0.40-3 crashes on opening the Path menu on gutsy

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Bugs item #1936531, was opened at 2008-04-07 10:37
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Category: pd-extended
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 9
Private: No
Submitted By: oli44 (oli44)
Assigned to: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Summary: PDe 0.40-3 crashes on opening the Path menu on gutsy

Initial Comment:
Platform : ubuntu gutsy i386

I start pd, open the Path menu straight away and pd crashes. Happens even if i open a patch previously.

here is a backtrace

(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/local/bin/pd 
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1211042128 (LWP 15433)]
tk scaling is 1.04205128205
<init> : Avifile RELEASE-0.7.47-070916-12:47-4.1.3
<init> : Available CPU flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf
<init> : 800.00 MHz Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7500  @ 2.20GHz processor detected
[New Thread -1248314480 (LWP 15438)]
*** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/local/bin/pd terminated

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
[Switching to Thread -1211042128 (LWP 15433)]
0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
(gdb) backtrace
#0  0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb7d3b875 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2  0xb7d3d201 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#3  0xb7d72e5c in ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#4  0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb) 


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>Comment By: IOhannes m zmölnig (zmoelnig)
Date: 2008-05-05 10:30

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hans' comment in the duplicate-bug#1953770

The Path... preferences pane causes Pd to crash if it has too many
elements
loaded in it. It seems to happen around 42 path elements.

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Comment By: IOhannes m zmölnig (zmoelnig)
Date: 2008-04-15 09:07

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i remember seen the same problem on XP autobuilds.

raised priority, as it is a crasher!



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