Thomas Heimroth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> /usr/bin/xdvi >> >> i.e. without a filename. Does it also give an error, or does a file >> open dialog pop up? > no error, an open dialog pop up comes. But when i select a file, this message > comes: > > [07:04:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/] > command12$ /usr/bin/xdvi > *** glibc detected *** realloc(): invalid next size: 0x081f0400 *** > xdvi: xdvi.bin terminated abnormally: 6
Okay, that makes clear that it needs a dvi file to trigger the bug. >> dpkg -l tex-common tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-extra Thanks for the info, that looks okay (plain sarge). >> Finally and most interesting, we repeat the strace call, but now with >> more clever options: >> >> strace -ff -o xdvi.trace /usr/bin/xdvi >> > the same error, looks up. But still it should create the output files I mentioned - could you send them please: >> (or, if a filename is needed to trigger the problem, with some dvi file >> name added at the end). This will result in three files, one named >> xdvi.trace, and two more with some number added at the end >> (xdvi.trace.7889 or the like). Please send us the three files. Furthermore you write: > hello Frank. I have a curious error under kde 3.5.1. Where can i send the > error > message. Under: > > de.comp.os.unix.apps.kde > linux.debian.user.german Sorry, I have no idea. I don't use KDE, and the newsgroups you tried seem right. Good luck, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
