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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#15203) SDL client: another crash in nation selection dialog
From: "Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:51:05 -0800
Reply-to: bugs@xxxxxxxxxxx

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=15203 >

Daniel Markstedt wrote:
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=15203 >
> 
> When browsing leader names using the left and right arrows, the client
> randomly segfaults. Sometimes is gives this error message instead:
> 
> civclient: gui_string.c:206: copy_chars_to_string16: Assertion
> `pCharString != ((void *)0)' failed.
> Aborted
> 
> Yet sometimes, the crash is preceded by the appearance of a 'blank'
> leader name.

Sounds like memory errors.  Try running under valgrind (if you're on 
x86/linux).

-jason





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