[LAD] qjackctl segfault

Fons Adriaensen fons at linuxaudio.org
Sat Oct 8 17:06:41 UTC 2016


On Sat, Oct 08, 2016 at 04:38:25PM +0000, Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
> On 10/08/2016 01:45 PM, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> > Qjackctl 0.4.2 segfaults immediately after startup on my
> > (fully updated) Archlinux system (qt 5.7.0, fluxbox).
> > 0.4.1 works OK.
> >
> > Anyone else seen this ?
> >
> 
> first note that qjackctl v0.4.3 is the most recent release.
> 
> are you, by any chance, using the Setup / Misc / "Start minimized to 
> system tray" option as from a previous v0.4.1 configuration ? also note 
> that this troubled option vanished on 0.4.2. however, due to many kind 
> requests, returned on 0.4.3 and is indeed guilty of the ill behavior 
> similar to the one you report.

Never used that option, and in 0.4.1 it's greyed out (apparently
since I don't enable the system tray icon).
 
> as last resort, what happens when start on a blank configuration? hint: 
> remove or backup the ~/.config/rncbc.org/QjackCtl.conf file away, making 
> sure you can restore it back later, then launch qjackctl again.

With the config file removed 0.4.2 works. It segfaults again 
when restarted with the 'Single application instance' option
disabled.

Ciao,

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