[Paraview] versions > 2.4 crashing painfully

Dominik Szczerba domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch
Wed Feb 7 08:52:49 EST 2007


This is a nasty devil, the log below.



==20598== Memcheck, a memory error detector.
==20598== Copyright (C) 2002-2006, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==20598== Using LibVEX rev 1658, a library for dynamic binary translation.
==20598== Copyright (C) 2004-2006, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP.
==20598== Using valgrind-3.2.1-Debian, a dynamic binary instrumentation
framework.
==20598== Copyright (C) 2000-2006, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==20598== For more details, rerun with: -v
==20598==
libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 1.7.2 i915 (screen 0)
libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/i915_dri.so
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 9
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
libGL error:
Can't open configuration file /etc/drirc: No such file or directory.
libGL error:
Can't open configuration file /etc/drirc: No such file or directory.
libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 1.7.2 i915 (screen 0)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 11
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
libGL error:
Can't open configuration file /etc/drirc: No such file or directory.
Segmentation fault


Dominik Szczerba, Ph.D.
Computer Vision Lab CH-8092 Zurich
http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/~domi


Berk Geveci wrote:
> There should be some sort of stack even if Qt and VTK are not compiled
> with debug. However, I am confused, how can paraview be compiled debug
> and VTK not?
> I am guessing whatever is causing the crash is corrupting the stack
> also. Can you try to run in valgrind? I believe valgrind is a debian
> package also so getting it should be easy. Once you get it, simply run
> valgrind /path/to/paraview_alpha > log.txt
> 
> -berk
> 
> On 2/6/07, *Dominik Szczerba* <domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch
> <mailto:domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch>> wrote:
> 
>     I have compiled PV 2.9 alpha with -g (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE debug) which I
>     confirmed by make VERBOSE=1. I run PV in gdb, it crashes on a file load,
>     with NO stack:
> 
>     Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>     Cannot remove breakpoints because program is no longer writable.
>     It might be running in another process.
>     Further execution is probably impossible.
>     0xb1d511f0 in ?? ()
>     (gdb)
>     (gdb)
>     (gdb) bt
>     #0  0xb1d511f0 in ?? ()
>     #1  0xb4c2ad1c in ?? ()
>     #2  0x08095048 in ?? ()
>     #3  0x00000000 in ?? ()
> 
>     My guess is I should use debug versions of QT and VTK too, but I didnt
>     see such configure options..?
> 
>     --ds
> 
>     Dominik Szczerba, Ph.D.
>     Computer Vision Lab CH-8092 Zurich
>     http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/~domi
> 
> 
>     Berk Geveci wrote:
>     > The first thing to do would be to try to find a reproducible case
>     when
>     > it crashes. If that doesn't work, try running a debug build in a
>     > debugger trying to get a stack trace. I will run in valgrind to
>     see if I
>     > can catch anything.
>     >
>     > -berk
>     >
>     > On 2/6/07, *Dominik Szczerba* < domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch
>     <mailto:domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch>
>     > <mailto:domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch <mailto:domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch>>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     >     Both 2.6 and 2.9 crash after some short activity. 2.9
>     unpredictably
>     >     (would open some files), 2.6 on most of my VTK files 2.4 opens
>     without
>     >     problems. Where should I look?
>     >
>     >
>     >     Dominik Szczerba, Ph.D.
>     >     Computer Vision Lab CH-8092 Zurich
>     >     http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/~domi
>     >
>     >
>     >     Berk Geveci wrote:
>     >     > I have been using ParaView 2.6 and 2.9 on Linux, OS X and
>     Window XP
>     >     > without any serious stability problems. Does it crash at startup
>     >     or when
>     >     > you are doing anything specific?
>     >     >
>     >     > -berk
>     >     >
>     >     > On 2/6/07, *Dominik Szczerba* < domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch
>     <mailto:domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch>
>     >     <mailto:domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch <mailto:domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch>>
>     >     > <mailto: domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch
>     <mailto:domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch> <mailto:domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch
>     <mailto:domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch>>>>
>     >     wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >     Hi,
>     >     >     >From PV 2.6, including PV 2.9.x I have been experiencing
>     >     crashes within
>     >     >     seconds of operation. Have I missed anything obvious
>     recently?
>     >     Version
>     >     >     2.4.x works stable as rock. I tried compiling the latest
>     2.9 beta
>     >     >     myself
>     >     >     and it crashes all the same as the precompiled version. I
>     >     would be glad
>     >     >     to investigate the problem (debian/unstable).
>     >     >     PS. I have no problems at all with the latest VTK.
>     >     >     thanks,
>     >     >     Dominik
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