RE: Feature request

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 06:07, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Thu, 20040408 at 20:20, Lars Clausen wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 01:01, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > > Every time I try to print from Dia the program crashes, whether I 
> > > print to .ps file or to a printer.  I've tried re-compiling with and 
> > > without gnome support (my default is w/out).  I'm printing directly
> to 
> > > lpr. I've tried printing at 100% and at fit-to-1-page.  All results 
> > > are identical:  "Application 'dia' (process 26238) has crashed due to
> > > a fatal error. (Segmentation fault)."
> > >
> > > We have a gentoo system with 2.6 kernal, cups 1.1.19, and dia 0.92.2.
>
> > > The printer is an HP Laserjet 4Si.
> > >
> > > I will greatly appreciate any support or pointers!
> >
> > Can you run it under GDB (if running with the run_dia.sh script, set
> DEBUGGER
> > to gdb) and give a backtrace?  And can you send the diagram to either
> the list,
> > or me if it's sensitive information?  AFAIR, we have no reports of
> crashes with
> > printing, but since it happens with both file and printer printing, it
> sure
> > sounds like a dia problem.
>
> Here's the diagram that crashes (networkDRS.dia) and one that doesn't
> (network-template.dia).  Old story was that all documents I created
> crashed on printing.  
>
> New developments:  I compiled and installed at home and could print
> documents I created there.  Sftped the networkDRS document from work,
> crashed.  Copied my USE flags from home to the work server and emerge
> updated to .92_pre7 and it worked fine on new documents, crashed on
> networkDRS.  _Didn't_ crash on old document network-template.dia.
>
> I'm happy for now since I can print all new documents.  I'd be happy to
> continue working with you on troubleshooting this, though.  Let me know
> if you'd like me to do anything more.

Checked out the diagrams, and noticed that the Cisco - Cloud White
element has been renamed to Cisco - Cloud somewhere, which confused Dia
a bit.  Also, there seems to be a missing handle, but I've failed to
have it crash in printing.

-Lars