Re: gEDA: [bergnoli@pd.infn.it: Bug#301977: geda-gattrib: seg fault]

[sdb-at-NOSPAMcloud9_dot_net (Stuart Brorson)]

> Two bug reports came in about segfaults with gattrib while attempting
> pretty much anything. I'm temporarily unable to run any X applications
> due to being away from my Debian box, so I haven't tried to reproduce
> it.

Uh oh.  It works on my FC box.    :-(

> Can anyone help/comment?

Two ideas:

1.  gattrib is known to become queasy with more advanced GTK
skins/themes.  It used to segfault for Carlos all the time.  See these
posts on the geda-user list: 

http://archives.seul.org/geda/user/Mar-2005/msg00108.html
http://archives.seul.org/geda/user/Mar-2005/msg00114.html

Ask your bug-reporter if he is using special display themes.  Gattrib
is known to not work with certain display themes.  Indeed, the problem
has to do with the "default_outside_border" of the GtkSheet widget.
Your bug reporter shows this:

> (gattrib:9139): Gtk-WARNING **: gtkwidget.c:7100: widget class
> `GtkSheet' has no property named `default_outside_border'

I don't have a bugfix yet.  The work-around is to just switch to a
simpler theme (like the default one).



2.  The reported dependencies include this one:

> ii  libgtk2.0-0       2.6.2-4      The GTK+ graphical user interface 

I havn't yet tested gattrib against GTK-2.6, so strange things might
happen.  

Stuart