[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#435431: lyx: crashes on startup QWidget::repaint: Recursive repaint detected

[Arthur Marsh]

Package: lyx
Version: 1.5.0~beta1-3
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


on startup I get numerous lines of the form:

QWidget::repaint: Recursive repaint detected

then lyx quits.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22 (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

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.dfsg1-1   Image manipulation programs
ii  latex-xft-fonts      0.1-7               Xft-compatible versions of some La
ii  libaiksaurus-1.2-0c2 1.2.1+dev-0.12-4+b1 an English-language thesaurus (dev
ii  libaspell15          0.60.5-1            GNU Aspell spell-checker runtime l
ii  libc6                2.6-5               GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1              1:4.2.1-1           GCC support library
ii  libqt4-core          4.3.0-5             Qt 4 core non-GUI functionality ru
ii  libqt4-gui           4.3.0-5             Qt 4 core GUI functionality runtim
ii  libstdc++6           4.2.1-1             The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtiff-tools        3.8.2-7             TIFF manipulation and conversion t
ii  lyx-common           1.5.0~beta1-3       High Level Word Processor - common
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  psutils              1.17-24             A collection of PostScript documen
ii  texlive-fonts-recomm 2007-10             TeX Live: Recommended fonts
ii  texlive-latex-recomm 2007-10             TeX Live: LaTeX recommended packag
ii  xdg-utils            1.0.1-2             Desktop integration utilities from
ii  zlib1g               1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-5    compression library - runtime

Versions of packages lyx recommends:
ii  cupsys-bsd [lpr]         1.2.12-1        Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  dvipng                   1.9-5           convert DVI files to PNG graphics
ii  dvipost                  1.1-2           Post processor for dvi files suppo
ii  elinks [www-browser]     0.11.1-1.4      advanced text-mode WWW browser
ii  evince-gtk [postscript-v 0.9.0-1         Document (postscript, pdf) viewer 
ii  gnuhtml2latex            0.3-3           A Perl script that converts html f
ii  gs-esp [postscript-viewe 8.15.3.dfsg.1-1 The Ghostscript PostScript interpr
ii  gs-gpl [postscript-viewe 8.56.dfsg.1-1.1 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript int
ii  gv [pdf-viewer]          1:3.6.3dfsg-1   PostScript and PDF viewer for X
ii  iceape-browser [www-brow 1.1.3-1         Iceape Navigator (Internet browser
ii  iceweasel [www-browser]  2.0.0.5-2       lightweight web browser based on M
ii  kdeprint                 4:3.5.7-2+b1    print system for KDE
ii  kghostview [pdf-viewer]  4:3.5.7-3       PostScript viewer for KDE
ii  konqueror [www-browser]  4:3.5.7-2+b1    KDE's advanced file manager, web b
ii  kpdf [pdf-viewer]        4:3.5.7-3       PDF viewer for KDE
ii  links2 [www-browser]     2.1pre28-1      Web browser running in both graphi
ii  lynx-cur [www-browser]   2.8.7dev5-1     Text-mode WWW Browser with NLS sup
ii  rcs                      5.7-18          The GNU Revision Control System
ii  tex4ht                   20060913-1      LaTeX and TeX for Hypertext (HTML)
ii  w3m [www-browser]        0.5.1-5.1+b1    WWW browsable pager with excellent
ii  wv                       1.2.4-2         Programs for accessing Microsoft W
ii  xpdf-reader [pdf-viewer] 3.02-1          Portable Document Format (PDF) sui
ii  xpdf-utils [pdf-viewer]  3.02-1          Portable Document Format (PDF) sui

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