Bug#279042: xdvi: xdvi.bin terminated abnormally: 11

[Frank Küster <frank@kuesterei.ch>]

Thomas Heimroth <theimrot@gmx.de> wrote:

>> /usr/bin/xdvi
>> 
>> i.e. without a filename.  Does it also give an error, or does a file
>> open dialog pop up?
> no error, an open dialog pop up comes. But when i select a file, this message
> comes:
>
> [07:04:31]tchino@mainstation:~/]
> command12$ /usr/bin/xdvi
> *** glibc detected *** realloc(): invalid next size: 0x081f0400 ***
> xdvi: xdvi.bin terminated abnormally: 6

Okay, that makes clear that it needs a dvi file to trigger the bug.

>> dpkg -l tex-common tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-extra

Thanks for the info, that looks okay (plain sarge).

>> Finally and most interesting, we repeat the strace call, but now with
>> more clever options:
>> 
>> strace -ff -o xdvi.trace /usr/bin/xdvi
>> 
> the same error, looks up.

But still it should create the output files I mentioned - could you send
them please:

>> (or, if a filename is needed to trigger the problem, with some dvi file
>> name added at the end).  This will result in three files, one named
>> xdvi.trace, and two more with some number added at the end
>> (xdvi.trace.7889 or the like).  Please send us the three files.

Furthermore you write:

> hello Frank. I have a curious error under kde 3.5.1. Where can i send the error
> message. Under:
>
> de.comp.os.unix.apps.kde
> linux.debian.user.german

Sorry, I have no idea.  I don't use KDE, and the newsgroups you tried
seem right.  

Good luck,
Frank
-- 
Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)