Sean Meighan
Software => Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker => Topic started by: rposgood on March 03, 2019, 09:13:42 PM
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I have had the program crash 4-5 times today. There does not seem to be a pattern or repeatable set of steps or actions to cause the crash. I have package the log files for review. Please advise if I can add any further info.
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Additional detail. When I change, delete or add a prop, in this case a single line, I save the layout and then click on Display Elements and it then crashes. These steps have been repeated twice since my first post.
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Just looking at the log its crashing because of the same reason every time. Something to do with a string. That's the way these things go once you have something bad in a setup or sequence its going to keep crashing. So then people start saying xLights crashes all the time. I almost never see any crashes. Do you have any models or anything that might have a weird character in the name? I'm not at home so I can't try out your setup.
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I couldn't reproduce your problem using HEAD branch of xLights. Using the files form xLightsProblem-1. I tested the following.
1) Opened xLights
2) Opened your seuqnce
3) Added a line element
4) Saved it
5) In the sequence did a right click and "Edit Display Elements"
6) Removed the line model
7) Saved
8) In the sequence did a right click and "Edit Display Elements"
Greg.
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I will look at everything I have setup. Thanks for the replies
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Just looking at the log its crashing because of the same reason every time. Something to do with a string. That's the way these things go once you have something bad in a setup or sequence its going to keep crashing. So then people start saying xLights crashes all the time. I almost never see any crashes. Do you have any models or anything that might have a weird character in the name? I'm not at home so I can't try out your setup.
Thanks for the reply Gil. Where in the files I sent you would I see the error listed. I am trying to improve my knowledge so as to understand faults (mine or otherwise) and not have to always toss them on a forum and make someone else find them. I do not have any model with any weird characters that I know of. I don't think an underscore would be weird would it? I will print out my models to confirm.
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I searched for "crash" in the log file. I think there were 3 instances of it happening in "wxString::wxString" which is the wxWidgets string constructor. Not sure why it would crash there unless it's trying to construct an illegal string. Sorry I got busy and forgot to try it last night.