Re: PSPP 0.8.4

[Ben Pfaff]

Thanks for testing. I'm glad it's a little better.

I'll figure out what is still wrong and fix that too.

For now, I've reopened the bug.

On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Adam Zammit <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear Ben,
>
> Thank you. I have tested the bug fix by applying this patch:
>
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/pspp.git/patch/?id=18f9e37c8bc5f8ea21c9f3b3b6b3d0dee0b572cb
>
> To the 0.8.4 release.
>
> The patch does rectify the segfault and correctly opens the output window.
>
> There is one anomaly though - the first message that should appear in the
> output window is blank (i.e. when running a frequency for the first time,
> the output window opens and leaves blank space where the frequency table
> should appear. When running the frequency analysis again with the output
> window still open, the table correctly appears in the output window after
> blank space the expected size of the frequency table).
>
> I have add this comment to the bug report.
>
> Regards,
> Adam Zammit
>
>
>
> On 13 October 2014 09:29, Ben Pfaff <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> I think that I've fixed this problem on PSPP master. I'd appreciate it
>> if someone who encountered the problem would try it out.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Johannes Albert-von der Gönna
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > You guys are quick. :)
>> >
>> > My attempts to switch locale ("export LANG=C") were unsuccessful as
>> > well, so I decided to build from source.
>> >
>> > After apt-get purging Adam's package, I installed from source and have
>> > to report that I still get the same unpleasant segfaults when opening
>> > .sav files:
>> >
>> > (psppire:23648): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_cairo_create: assertion
>> > 'GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed
>> > (psppire:23648): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_cairo_create: assertion
>> > 'GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed
>> > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>> >
>> > Any additional thoughts?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Johannes
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Am 02.10.2014 um 19:21 schrieb Matthias Faeth:
>> >> I gave it a try and added
>> >> LC_ALL="C" to /etc/environment and did a reboot. That should switch
>> >> locale.
>> >>
>> >> However, no changes PSPP does not work. Maybe the wrong idea.
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >> Matthias
>> >>
>> >> Matthias Fäth
>> >> Im Mediapark 12
>> >> 50670 Köln
>> >> t: 0221-2907973
>> >> m: 0171-9832175
>> >> e: address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
>> >> Skype: hiaska
>> >>
>> >> 2014-10-02 17:58 GMT+02:00 John Darrington
>> >> <address@hidden
>> >> <mailto:address@hidden>>:
>> >>
>> >>     Hi Johannes,
>> >>
>> >>     perhaps you could try switching to the C locale and see if the
>> >>     problem goes away.
>> >>
>> >>     J'
>> >>
>> >>     On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 01:47:41PM +0200, Johannes Albert-von der
>> >>     G?nna wrote:
>> >>          Hi all,
>> >>
>> >>          I can confirm this issue: same platform (Ubuntu 14.04, amd64),
>> >>     same PSPP
>> >>          version (0.8.4 from Adam's PPA), the very same errors - no
>> >>     matter what
>> >>          .sav file I try to open.
>> >>          A wild guess: could it be related to the system's locale as
>> >> I'm
>> >>     using a
>> >>          German one, too?
>> >>
>> >>          Regards,
>> >>          Johannes
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>          Am 02.10.2014 um 01:40 schrieb Adam Zammit:
>> >>          > Dear Matthias,
>> >>          >
>> >>          > I have not encountered that error on my installation with my
>> >>     SAV files.
>> >>          > Are you able to provide a SAV file that fails so I can test
>> >>     it here?
>> >>          >
>> >>          > Regards,
>> >>          > Adam Zammit
>> >>          >
>> >>          > On 2 October 2014 05:00, Matthias Faeth <address@hidden
>> >>     <mailto:address@hidden>
>> >>          > <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>> wrote:
>> >>          >
>> >>          >     Yes Adam is in the loop (see address list) but hasn't
>> >>     answered yet,
>> >>          >     it is still night in Australia.
>> >>          >
>> >>          >     I wanted to avoid building it for myself for this is
>> >>     something I
>> >>          >     truely hate in Linux (figuring out all the missing
>> >>     dependencies is a
>> >>          >     nuisiance).
>> >>          >
>> >>          >     However, if Adam does not help, I'll build it and report
>> >>     back on this.
>> >>          >
>> >>          >     Regards
>> >>          >     Matthias
>> >>          >
>> >>          >     Matthias F?th
>> >>          >     Im Mediapark 12
>> >>          >     50670 K?ln
>> >>          >     t: 0221-2907973 <tel:0221-2907973>
>> >>          >     m: 0171-9832175 <tel:0171-9832175>
>> >>          >     e: address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
>> >>     <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>
>> >>          >     Skype: hiaska
>> >>          >
>> >>          >     2014-10-01 20:49 GMT+02:00 John Darrington
>> >>          >     <address@hidden
>> >>     <mailto:address@hidden>
>> >>     <mailto:address@hidden
>> >>     <mailto:address@hidden>>>:
>> >>          >
>> >>          >
>> >>          >         On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 07:38:16PM +0200, Matthias
>> >>     Faeth wrote:
>> >>          >              Dear all
>> >>          >
>> >>          >              I have just installed version 0.8.4 by using
>> >>          >         ppa:adamzammit/pspp on my
>> >>          >              ubuntu 14.04 amd64 machine.
>> >>          >
>> >>          >              Trying to open an existing original SPSS .sav
>> >>     file results
>> >>          >         in a crash (yes
>> >>          >              I tried it with several different ones).
>> >>          >
>> >>          >              When invoking psppire from the command line I
>> >>     can see the
>> >>          >         following error
>> >>          >              messages
>> >>          >
>> >>          >              "(psppire:30696): Gdk-CRITICAL **:
>> >>     IA__gdk_cairo_create:
>> >>          >         assertion
>> >>          >              'GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed
>> >>          >
>> >>          >              (psppire:30696): Gdk-CRITICAL **:
>> >>     IA__gdk_cairo_create:
>> >>          >         assertion
>> >>          >              'GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed
>> >>          >              Speicherzugriffsfehler"
>> >>          >
>> >>          >              "Speicherzugriffsfehler" means something like
>> >>     "memory
>> >>          >         access violation"
>> >>          >
>> >>          >              Anybody an idea why the package is not working
>> >>     for me?
>> >>          >
>> >>          >
>> >>          >         it it hard to say, but perhaps this is a problem
>> >> with
>> >>     that
>> >>          >         package.  Have you
>> >>          >         contacted Adam Zammit about it?  Do you get the same
>> >>     problems if
>> >>          >         you build
>> >>          >         from source instead of using Zammit's pacakge?
>> >>          >
>> >>          >         J'
>> >>          >
>> >>          >
>> >>          >         --
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>> >>          >
>> >>          >
>> >>          >
>> >>          >
>> >>          >
>> >>          > --
>> >>          > Adam Zammit
>> >>          > Research and Development Officer
>> >>          > Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc.
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>> >>          Diplom-Psychologe
>> >>
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