Dasher 4.11 Segfaults in Direct Mode

Bug #667827 reported by Penelope Stowe
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Dasher
Expired
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dasher (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: dasher

When using dasher in direct mode (using dasher -a direct ) to input into GIMP dasher segfaulted in under a minute. Several days ago it segfaulted while in the same mode to input to irssi in terminal.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: dasher 4.11-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 28 10:36:28 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dasher

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Penelope Stowe (pendulum) wrote :
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Penelope Stowe (pendulum) wrote :
tags: added: a11y
removed: accessibility
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Charlie Kravetz (charlie-tca) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here.

This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=640491

Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

Changed in dasher (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Changed in dasher:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → New
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Charlie Kravetz (charlie-tca) wrote :

From the developers:

Patrick Welche [dasher developer] 2011-01-25 10:29:49 UTC

Could you test this with the upstream version:

grab dasher-4.11.tar.bz2 from download.gnome.org
./configure --prefix /tmp/foo
gimp
cd /tmp/foo; bin/dasher --appstyle=direct

Please try with
System / Preferences / Assistive Technologies / assistive technologies

both enabled and disabled.

Changed in dasher (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
Changed in dasher:
status: New → Incomplete
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Charlie Kravetz (charlie-tca) wrote :

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

Changed in dasher:
status: Incomplete → New
Changed in dasher:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in dasher:
status: Incomplete → Expired
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