[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#458313: lyx: pressing Page Up in a document with unsaved recent changes sometimes crashes Lyx

[Axel K. Stammler]

Package: lyx
Version: 1.4.3-3
Severity: normal

This usually happens in documents which are not too small (I think).
Unfortunately the bug cannot be reproduced reliably --- but it happens
rather often nonetheless. Lyx just disappeares completely without
warning. If the document had not been used before the session (i.e.
had not been used in the penultimate session) it is not even listed
under Recent Files and has to be found again (very annoying).
Sometimes a recovery is indicated, but that is the end of it.
Everything works perfectly after that --- until it happens again.

I use Xorg with Fvwm 2:

ii  xserver-xorg                 7.1.0-19                     the X.Org X server
ii  xserver-xorg-core            1.1.1-21etch1                X.Org X server -- core server
ii  fvwm                         2.5.18-3                     F(?) Virtual Window Manager, version 2.5
un  fvwm1                        <none>                       (no description available)
ii  fvwm2                        2.3                          F(?) Virtual Window Manager, version 2.xx.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0 by Linux-Systeme
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22.1Flora
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages lyx depends on:
ii  groff               1.18.1.1-12          GNU troff text-formatting system
ii  imagemagick         7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.14 Image manipulation programs
ii  libc6               2.3.6.ds1-13etch4    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libstdc++6          4.1.1-21             The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtiff-tools       3.8.2-7              TIFF manipulation and conversion t
ii  lyx-common          1.4.3-3              High Level Word Processor - common
ii  lyx-qt              1.4.3-3              High Level Word Processor - Qt fro
ii  mime-support        3.39-1               MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  preview-latex-style 11.83-6              LaTeX style files for editor embed
ii  tetex-bin           3.0-30               The teTeX programs
ii  tetex-extra         3.0.dfsg.3-5etch1    Additional TeX input files of teTe
ii  zlib1g              1:1.2.3-13           compression library - runtime

Versions of packages lyx recommends:
ii  amaya [www-brows 8.5-1                   Web Browser, HTML Editor and Testb
ii  chimera2 [www-br 2.0a19-5                Web browser for X
ii  dillo [www-brows 0.8.5-4.1               Small and fast web browser
ii  dvipost          1.1-2                   Post processor for dvi files suppo
ii  elinks [www-brow 0.11.1-1.2etch1         advanced text-mode WWW browser
ii  evince [postscri 0.4.0-5                 Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
ii  galeon [www-brow 2.0.2-4                 GNOME web browser for advanced use
ii  gnuhtml2latex    0.3-2                   A Perl script that converts html f
ii  gpdf [pdf-viewer 2.8.2-1.2sarge5         Portable Document Format (PDF) vie
ii  gs-afpl [postscr 8.53-0.2                The AFPL Ghostscript PostScript in
ii  gs-esp [postscri 8.15.3.dfsg.1-1         The Ghostscript PostScript interpr
ii  gs-gpl [postscri 8.54.dfsg.1-5           The GPL Ghostscript PostScript int
ii  gv [pdf-viewer]  1:3.6.2-3               PostScript and PDF viewer for X
ii  hevea            1.09-3                  translates from LaTeX to HTML, inf
ii  iceape-browser [ 1.0.11~pre071022-0etch1 Iceape Navigator (Internet browser
ii  iceweasel [www-b 2.0.0.10-0etch1         lightweight web browser based on M
ii  latex2html       2002-2-1-20050114-5     LaTeX to HTML translator
ii  links [www-brows 0.99+1.00pre12-1.1      Character mode WWW browser
ii  links2 [www-brow 2.1pre26-4              Web browser running in both graphi
ii  linuxdoc-tools   0.9.21-0.5              SGML converters for the LinuxDoc D
ii  lprng [lpr]      3.8.28dfsg.1-1.1        lpr/lpd printer spooling system
ii  lynx-ssl [www-br 1:2.8.4.1b-3.1          Text-mode WWW Browser supporting S
ii  netrik [www-brow 1.15.3-1.1              text mode WWW browser with vi like
ii  rcs              5.7-18                  The GNU Revision Control System
ii  sgmltools-lite   3.0.3.0.cvs.20010909-13 convert DocBook SGML source into H
ii  tex4ht           20060913-1              LaTeX and TeX for Hypertext (HTML)
ii  w3m [www-browser 0.5.1-5.1               WWW browsable pager with excellent
ii  wv               1.2.4-2                 Programs for accessing Microsoft W
ii  xemacs21-mule [w 21.4.19-2               highly customizable text editor --

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