Posted by ozcad on Jun 30, 2013; 6:56am
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/LibreCad-Crashes-When-Opening-File-tp5708103p5708462.html

A strange bag of results.

After starting up, the LibreCad grid dot X & Y spacing was uneven.
Checking Menu -> Edit -> Current Drawing preferences, I get
    X Spacing:  .57819e-313
    Y Spacing:  .03978e-312
... implying it is either wrongly iniz'd or not iniz'd or corrupted after iniz..

Update flash - I get a crash when I edit the above X&Y Spacing fields and attempt to apply them.

The restart is OK, so we go back to the old problem for now.

From Dolphin file manager (user mode) -> Menu -> Tools -> Open Terminal

In the new Konsole/bash window we get:
    jim@linux-jim:~/Documents/Junk>

We type:
    librecad --debug >junk.log

We get:
1. LibreCad fires up.

2. Over 1000 lines of diagnostic text chatter flashes up in the Konsole window.

3. The file junk.log is created, but is empty (zero bytes long).

4. Mouse activity within the LibreCad window causes more screen chatter,
    but nothing is written to the junk.log file.  (Weird).

5. After crashing on the load operation, the junk.log file is still empty.

BTW I suspect something is different with my modern Konsole/bash behaviour.
It has been many moons since I last did a diagnostic re-direction.

6. However, I can select Konsole window -> File -> Save Output As... (konsole.txt) -> Save

7. We get a file a 38.5 kbyte file named "konsole.txt" that seems to contain the right stuff.

8. So how do I get a copy to you?  It's OK, I just figured it out.

Not sure if this is a double posting, I changed to a new tabbed window in FireFox and
The page I was writing into disappeared.  This hints that my system is becoming unstable.
Re-booting now.