Re: xfig 3.2.5c crashes on Cygwin/X - same problem

Re: xfig 3.2.5c crashes on Cygwin/X - same problem

[Marco Atzeri]

On 05/05/2016 02:16, Hara Kiri wrote:
> Hello Marco,
>
> last September you were reported xfig 3.2.5c crashing on Cygwin/X when
> saving/opening files.
> https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-09/msg00288.html
>
> As the same Problem occured to me and there were no followups to the
> question or your reply,
> I'd like to start a new approach (it doesn't seem to be a widespread
> problem).
> Hope you got the time to look into this.
> (I didn't reply on the page so I could attach the cygcheck.out)
>
> What did I do?
> 1. approach: start Cygwin64 Terminal -> startx -> xfig (in cygwin/X window)
> 2. approach: start xwin server -> open XTerm (via x applications menu)
>  -> xfig
>
> Same result:
> xfig works fine, as long as I don't try to open or save files (or
> export, even exit).
> When I do, the same problem occurs as for the first person.
>   xfig3.2.5c: SIGSEGV signal trapped
>   xfig: attempting to save figure
> (With the extra message: "xfig: <number> object(s) saved in
> "/home/<name>/SAVE.fig"" if I drew
> objects in xfig. The file does, in fact, exist, but I can't convert it.)
>
> Hopefully this helps you helping me. Thank you in advance.
>
> Best regards,
> Philipp

Please use the cygwin mailing list.
Followup there.

Have you tried Jon's workaround ?
https://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-10/msg00576.html


Regards
Marco


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