Eric Crash on Text Entry - Repeatable

[Mick Sulley]

Hi Detlev,

Thanks for getting back to me.  Yes the Mint 20 version is old but I had 
installed following the Eric script anyway and was on 20.7.

I have just tried the script again, still on 20.7 so I removed it and 
ran the script again and I now have 20.8.  I repeated the test and it 
still crashes in the same way.  I ran from a terminal, this is the 
terminal output -

mick at Mint20Desk ~/eric_env/bin $ ./eric6
Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_en_GB'could not be loaded.
Using default.
BackgroundService listening on: 45131
qt.accessibility.atspi: Sending TextCaretMoved from object that does not 
implement text interface:  QAccessibleInterface(0x33bfbb0 name="" 
role=Client obj=QLineEdit(0x33d0260)"focusable|invisible")
qt.accessibility.atspi: Sending TextCaretMoved from object that does not 
implement text interface:  QAccessibleInterface(0x33bfbb0 name="" 
role=Client obj=QLineEdit(0x33d0260)"focusable|invisible")
free(): invalid pointer
Aborted (core dumped)
mick at Mint20Desk ~/eric_env/bin $


Mick

On 02/08/2020 10:40, Detlev Offenbach wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as far as I know, Mint 20 contains an eric version that is around 6 
> months old. The recommended first step would be to upgrade to the 
> latest release (that is 20.8 released yesterday). Step 2 would be to 
> check, if the installed PyQt5 and QScintilla packages are compatible. 
> Step 3 would be to create a virtual Python environment and installe 
> eric in there with PyQt5 and QScintilla packages from PyPI. The eric 
> installation script will do this.
>
> Regards,
> Detlev
>
> Am 01.08.20 um 23:08 schrieb Mick Sulley:
>> I tried to report this via Help > Report Bug,  but failed to get it 
>> to authorise.
>>
>>
>> Running on Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon.
>> I open Eric6, open an existing program, open a new program, then copy 
>> the first line from the existing program into the new program.  That 
>> line is
>> #!/usr/bin/python3
>> I then add a blank line and on the next line type
>> # sensor_rea
>> after I have types the 'a' and before I can type the rest of the word 
>> the program crashes.  I have done it several times and it is repeatable.
>> I ran it from a terminal and this is the terminal output -
>> mick at Mint20Desk ~/eric_env/bin $ ./eric6
>> Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_en_GB'could not be loaded.
>> Using default.
>> BackgroundService listening on: 39589
>> qt.accessibility.atspi: Sending TextCaretMoved from object that does 
>> not implement text interface: QAccessibleInterface(0x1e887b0 name="" 
>> role=Client obj=QLineEdit(0x1eaa620)"focusable|invisible")
>> qt.accessibility.atspi: Sending TextCaretMoved from object that does 
>> not implement text interface: QAccessibleInterface(0x1e887b0 name="" 
>> role=Client obj=QLineEdit(0x1eaa620)"focusable|invisible")
>> free(): invalid pointer
>> Aborted (core dumped)
>> mick at Mint20Desk ~/eric_env/bin $
>>
>> Please let me know if you need any further info, happy to help if I can.
>> Mick
>>