I just updated wxMaxima to 24.05.0. See if that fixes things for you. Unfortunately I've seen lots of crashes in wxMaxima. Updating to newer versions fixes some things but often introduces new issues. So each version is a little bit hit or miss.
On Fri, 29 Nov 2024, Joseph Herning wrote: > The wxMaxima port is unstable for me. I am using 7.6 on amd64 with all patches > and ports updates. wxMaxima reports version 24.02.1 with Maxima version 5.46.0 > (x86_64-unknown-openbsd7.6). Command-line maxima seems to work fine, but it is > easy to trigger a crash in wxmaxima. One way is to call the wxmaxima internal > plotting functions. > > To initiate a crash: > - Start wxmaxima (in X11). > - From the main menu select Plot->Plot2d... > - Change the expression from "%" to "x". > - Set format to "inline". > - Press enter (Okay). > > Equivalently: > - Start wxmaxima (in X11). > - Type "wxplot2d([x], [x,-5,5])$" > - Press shift+enter. > > Generating the plot with gnuplot using "plot2d([x], [x,-5,5])$" works > normally. This also works fine using maxima itself in the terminal; probably > pointing to the issue being outside of maxima / gnuplot. > > A SIMPLER WAY to trigger a crash is simply to start the configuration menu via > Edit->Configure, then attempt to close it via Cancel or OK. Here is the > backtrace from egdb from after selecting OK: > > Reading symbols from /usr/local/bin/wxmaxima... > (No debugging symbols found in /usr/local/bin/wxmaxima) > [New process 352768] > [New process 428570] > [New process 226537] > [New process 404194] > [New process 258517] > Core was generated by `wxmaxima'. > Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. > #0 0x00000a0c9241f8f9 in BTextCtrl::~BTextCtrl() () > [Current thread is 1 (process 352768)] > (gdb) bt > #0 0x00000a0c9241f8f9 in BTextCtrl::~BTextCtrl() () > #1 0x00000a0ef4748ed1 in wxWindowBase::Destroy (this=0xa0f2e64e000) at > ./src/common/wincmn.cpp:572 > #2 wxWindowBase::DestroyChildren (this=0xa0f55fe7300) at > ./src/common/wincmn.cpp:604 > #3 0x00000a0ef457cecb in wxWindow::~wxWindow (this=0xa0f55fe7300) at > ./src/gtk/window.cpp:2920 > #4 0x00000a0ef45f89e3 in wxNavigationEnabled<wxControl>::~wxNavigationEnabled > (this=0xa0f21916500) > at ./include/wx/containr.h:189 > #5 wxStaticBox::~wxStaticBox (this=0xa0f21916500) at > ./include/wx/gtk/statbox.h:16 > #6 0x00000a0ef4748ed1 in wxWindowBase::Destroy (this=0xa0f55fe7300) at > ./src/common/wincmn.cpp:572 > #7 wxWindowBase::DestroyChildren (this=0xa0f55fe7000) at > ./src/common/wincmn.cpp:604 > #8 0x00000a0ef457cecb in wxWindow::~wxWindow (this=0xa0f55fe7000) at > ./src/gtk/window.cpp:2920 > #9 0x00000a0ef4705823 in wxNavigationEnabled<wxWindow>::~wxNavigationEnabled > (this=0xa0f21916500) > at ./include/wx/containr.h:189 > #10 wxPanel::~wxPanel (this=0xa0f21916500) at ./include/wx/generic/panelg.h:16 > #11 0x00000a0ef4748ed1 in wxWindowBase::Destroy (this=0xa0f55fe7000) at > ./src/common/wincmn.cpp:572 > #12 wxWindowBase::DestroyChildren (this=0xa0f88fff7e0) at > ./src/common/wincmn.cpp:604 > #13 0x00000a0ef457cecb in wxWindow::~wxWindow (this=0xa0f88fff7e0) at > ./src/gtk/window.cpp:2920 > #14 0x00000a0c927f43a3 in ConfigDialogue::~ConfigDialogue() () > #15 0x00000a0f2d826ac7 in wxAppConsoleBase::DeletePendingObjects > (this=<optimized out>) > at ./src/common/appbase.cpp:641 > #16 wxAppConsoleBase::ProcessIdle (this=<optimized out>) at > ./src/common/appbase.cpp:444 > #17 0x00000a0ef462a677 in wxAppBase::ProcessIdle (this=0xa0f21916500) at > ./src/common/appcmn.cpp:396 > #18 0x00000a0ef4544dc5 in wxApp::DoIdle (this=0xa0f2d6bea00) at > ./src/gtk/app.cpp:150 > #19 0x00000a0ef4546935 in wxapp_idle_callback () at ./src/gtk/app.cpp:101 > #20 0x00000a0ead72711f in g_main_context_dispatch_unlocked () > from /usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.4201.12 > #21 0x00000a0ead72750d in g_main_context_iterate_unlocked () > from /usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.4201.12 > #22 0x00000a0ead72791a in g_main_loop_run () from > /usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.4201.12 > #23 0x00000a0f55d4154b in gtk_main () from /usr/local/lib/libgtk-3.so.2201.0 > #24 0x00000a0ef455f4c5 in wxGUIEventLoop::DoRun (this=0xa0f20d83a80) at > ./src/gtk/evtloop.cpp:61 > #25 0x00000a0f2d86242e in wxEventLoopBase::Run (this=0xa0f20d83a80) at > ./src/common/evtloopcmn.cpp:87 > #26 0x00000a0f2d8266c9 in wxAppConsoleBase::MainLoop (this=0xa0f2d6bea00) > at ./src/common/appbase.cpp:381 > #27 0x00000a0c9251661d in MyApp::OnRun() () > #28 0x00000a0c9250ff11 in CommonMain() () > #29 0x00000a0c925105c2 in main () > > Maybe this is a wxwidgets issue? > > Many thanks for any help, > Joe > >
