KMyMoney crashing on Neon 18.04

[csq4u8yrvy at virginmedia.com]

Thomas

The fresh install was required because I used a sandbox programme that installed new apps and many problems on the upgrade to 18.04. Purged everything but then decided to start fresh.

Originally, as soon as KMM started I realised that the Tip box was inactive, (??) but entered some details, finding the problem with entering data in the account name field and on through to saving the data.

When I restarted the Tip box was now active so deselected (as per my normal practice), added some more data but this time crashed on saving.

In my original msg the third trace after the seg fault has items 6, 7, 31 & 32 showing no values.
I noticed that in June, where the crashing was apparently pix map related, that there the user's seg fault trace had values in those fields. I have no idea if this is in any way relevant.

After that I realised that by tweaking the rc file rather than just deleting /.config/kmm folder every time may bring an answer. Third attempt I got things right.

Apologies for the complete lack of technical info

Jim  

> On 16 October 2018 at 20:04 Thomas Baumgart <thb at net-bembel.de> wrote:
> 
> 
> Jim,
> 
> On Dienstag, 16. Oktober 2018 15:42:48 CEST csq4u8yrvy at virginmedia.com wrote:
> 
> > Thomas
> > 
> > I have KMM working on my system! My method (!) is listed below in the possible hope that it may help in resolving the problem.
> > 
> > Start KMM = TipofDay inactive, Set-up page active = select Cancel.
> > Restart KMM TofD is now enabled so unselect Show box, close it and the Set-up page.
> 
> I think I have fixed that:
> 
> commit 6197c14e92d4aefba11507f808050aa965b94149
> Author: Thomas Baumgart <thb at net-bembel.de>
> Date:   Tue Oct 16 20:52:01 2018 +0200
> 
>     Don't show tip of day during first run
> 
> 
> > 
> > Edit kmmoneyrc and change first time run=false to =true, save and exit. Restart KMM with only the Set-Up screen now active.
> 
> No need to edit the kmyoneyrc file at that point. You can start KMyMoney and use File/New to have the wizard start again.
> 
> > 
> > Use Next to get to I Have An Account page. NOTE Every time I have got to this page the cursor is in the Name field but text cannot be entered. Change the start date as appropriate (otherwise it defaults to Today) and enter a start balance. In doing this the Name field becomes active so enter as appropriate.
> 
> The focus is on the Help button, that is why you cannot enter any text. Use the mouse and click into the name field and you can enter text.
> 
> I think I have fixed that as well:
> 
> commit a45470125aea41290a0346b07f28bb9f778f5c71
> Author: Thomas Baumgart <thb at net-bembel.de>
> Date:   Tue Oct 16 20:53:02 2018 +0200
> 
>     Set keyboard focus to first field on page entry
>     
>     The keyboard focus was not on the first field of a wizard page in the
>     new user wizard when some pages were entered. This change sets the focus
>     accordingly.
> 
> > Then using Next, selecting Configure preferences box and then save with filename.
> > 
> > At this point I saved, quit, re-opened and, fingers crossed, have been able to add a/cs and other detail without problem. The KMM I have enjoyed using for more than 10 years is back.
> > 
> > Still more than happy to help because I have just worked around the "problem" not solved it.
> 
> Yes, but this information is so important for us devs that we count it as open source contribution. Since I use KMyMoney for such a long time, I usually don't start with a fresh user installation and might not notice certain things.
> 
> Might you be able to explain exactly how to reproduce the crash? Then I can fix that as well. Thanks in advance.
> 
> Thomas
> 
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> Regards
> 
> Thomas Baumgart
> 
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