Re: [Bug-gnubg] Bug: gnubg crashes at startup in ubuntu natty

[Joseph Heled]

Hi Michael,

Can you please post the detailed instructions of how to build GNUBG
for the latest machines?

I have obviously built GNUBG many times before, but last time I
suspect the build was not optimal, and uses only a single core.
So I am specifically referring to the flags to give ./configure for a
modern machine with sse and multiple cores etc. If you have to tweak
the setup after the build, include this  as well please.

Many thanks, Joseph

On 17 June 2011 11:03, Michael Petch <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 16/06/2011 1:32 PM, Fernando García García wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> Maybe this issue has already been treated before, but I have just
> re-subscribed to the list after a long time. The problem is as follows:
>
> -I've upgraded from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS to 11.04 (Natty).
>
> I used Debian software here and have encountered upgrade issues over the
> years so much so that when I do jump major version levels that I usually
> reinstall if I need a system in a known good state.
>
> -My GNUBG is installed through Ubuntu's repositories (version
> 0.90+20091206-4build1 as available in Synaptic) and used to work in 10.04.
>
> As Russ pointed out the GNUBG in the repository is old 1.5 years. I could
> tell you how to build it on Ubuntu if you are so inclined. It's reasonable
> easy to do even if you aren't a programmer.
>
> -Now, always when trying to run it (typing gnubg -w in shell), it crashes
> with the following message:
>
> *** buffer overflow detected ***: gnubg terminated
>
> Not good. make sure you have the gnubg-data package installed as well (It
> should be in Synaptic). One other possibility is that somehow a setting in
> your gnubg config file is screwing things up. To see if this is the case I
> recommend this:
>
> - Close down all copies of GNUBG.
> - In your home directory there is a subdirectory called .gnubg   and a file
> in there called gnubgautorc  . I recommend renaming that file to something
> else like gnubgautorc.bak .
> - Try relaunching GNUBG. Do a save settings.
>
> This procedure will force GNUBG into using all defaults. if that works then
> I recommend just setting up your GNUBG with new settings. If you want to go
> back to the old settings just copy the backup file back to gnubgautorc .
>
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