Re: dev (gui) build does not run on MacOSX

[Ben Abbott]

On Aug 18, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> On Aug 18, 2013, at 9:05 AM, Torsten wrote:
> 
>> On 18.08.2013 14:36, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Aug 18, 2013, at 4:54 AM, Kirill Fuior wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm trying to build and run octave from dev sources (according to 
>>>> etc/HACKING and wiki instructions), but I face a problem -- after 
>>>> successful build it simply does not start.
>>>> 
>>>> My actions step-by-step:
>>>> * install build-dep octave and bison (it isn't included)
>>>> * clone hg repository
>>>> * bootstrap, configure (without custom options) and make.
>>>> make is passed without errors (with only some compile warnings)
>>>> * then I try ./run-octave or .build/src/octave script and it simply does 
>>>> nothing, without any output.
>>>> Only once it showed me wizard "It seems you are running octave gui first 
>>>> time..." with only 1 active button "finish". When I click it, wizard has 
>>>> been closed and again -- nothing else happen.
>>>> 
>>>> But src/octave-cli runs octave in terminal.
>>>> Also, if I install latest (3.6.4) octave from the repository, it works.
>>>> 
>>>> So it seems problem is in gui.
>>>> 
>>>> I use Kubuntu 13.04 with latest recommended updates (kde 4.10.5, Qt 4.8.4).
>>>> 
>>>> Note:
>>>> It worked few month ago, on Kubuntu 12.10.
>>>> 
>>>> I haven't found this issue neither in the known issues list, nor on bug 
>>>> tracker.
>>>> I haven't report this as a bug yet, because it may be that I'm doing 
>>>> something wrong (?).
>>>> 
>>>> I really don't know what to do.
>>>> Could anyone help me with this?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>> Kirill Fuior.
>>> 
>>> I may be able to confirm a problem.
>>> 
>>> I haven't tried the gui in a while.  Today with "hg id" -> "1c21f264d26f+ 
>>> tip @", Octave exists with "Abort trap: 6".  The log from MacOSX is 
>>> attached.
>>> 
>>> From gdb, the gui intially runs and allows me to enter a command.  After 
>>> entering "plot (rand (3))" ...
>>> 
>>> Program received signal EXC_BAD_ACCESS, Could not access memory.
>>> Reason: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at address: 0x0000000000000218
>>> 0x00007fff89926b06 in glDrawBuffer ()
>>> (gdb) bt
>>> #0  0x00007fff89926b06 in glDrawBuffer ()
>>> #1  0x0000000116888164 in Fl_Gl_Window::flush ()
>>> #2  0x0000000116ccf1e5 in -[FLView drawRect:] ()
>>> #3  0x00007fff8d4602ce in -[NSView _drawRect:clip:] ()
>>> #4  0x00007fff8d48d49b in -[NSView 
>>> _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] ()
>>> #5  0x00007fff8d48d8c7 in -[NSView 
>>> _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] ()
>>> #6  0x00007fff8d45d8a9 in -[NSView 
>>> _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:]
>>>  ()
>>> #7  0x00007fff8d45cda3 in -[NSThemeFrame 
>>> _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:]
>>>  ()
>>> #8  0x00007fff8d4581bb in -[NSView 
>>> _displayRectIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:] ()
>>> #9  0x00007fff8d450c35 in -[NSView displayIfNeeded] ()
>>> #10 0x00007fff8d450375 in 
>>> _handleWindowNeedsDisplayOrLayoutOrUpdateConstraints ()
>>> #11 0x00007fff85e2a8e7 in 
>>> __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ ()
>>> #12 0x00007fff85e2a846 in __CFRunLoopDoObservers ()
>>> #13 0x00007fff85dffaf9 in __CFRunLoopRun ()
>>> #14 0x00007fff85dff486 in CFRunLoopRunSpecific ()
>>> #15 0x00007fff8a9cd2bf in RunCurrentEventLoopInMode ()
>>> #16 0x00007fff8a9d44bf in ReceiveNextEventCommon ()
>>> #17 0x00007fff8a9d43fa in BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode ()
>>> #18 0x00007fff8d414779 in _DPSNextEvent ()
>>> #19 0x00007fff8d41407d in -[NSApplication 
>>> nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] ()
>>> #20 0x00007fff8d4109b9 in -[NSApplication run] ()
>>> #21 0x0000000103e16a6f in QEventDispatcherMac::processEvents ()
>>> #22 0x0000000104c906f8 in QEventLoop::exec ()
>>> #23 0x0000000104c93a23 in QCoreApplication::exec ()
>>> #24 0x000000010008c009 in octave_start_gui ()
>>> #25 0x000000010000aa4f in main ()
>>> 
>>> Ben
>> 
>> Can you say how long ago the gui was working correctly?
>> 
>> Torsten
> 
> I did some testing.  If I run gnuplot then there is no problem.
> 
> However, Octave crashes immediately when an FLTK plot is created.  The 
> position on the screen where the window would show up becomes solid white, 
> but nothing is rendered.
> 
> Ben

I've changed the subject (just in case the Kubuntu problem is unrelated to the 
MacOSX one).

I reverted the last GUI related change (?)

        hg revert -a -r aa09b746fa16

When I tried a plot, the plot renders, but then Octave hangs (some improvement, 
but still not working).  Next I reverted the next gui related changeset (?).

        hg revert -a -r e993fa124b46

Same behavior as for "-r aa09b746fa16"

Next ...

        hg revert -a -r 4407606d0939

Same behavior, so ....

        hg revert -a -r 36fd98b9ce48

And still the same behavior.  I seldom try fltk from the gui, so this may not 
have been working for a long time.  I'll keep backup further and report back 
later.

Ben