I've run into a problem even getting Lazarus to launch. AFAICT, I followed the installation instructions correctly, but nightly builds over the last three days have all crashed on launch.

What I've done (on a Linux-Mandrake 7.1 system):

Installed fpc-1.0.5-laz.20010401.rpm
Installed lazaruslinux.tar.gz to /usr
Added -Fu/usr/lib/lazarus/0.7/units to /etc/ppc386.cfg

What happens when I try to launch Lazarus:

LM_SCREENINIT called --> should go to GTKObject.Init TODO: check this
[TCustomForm.Create] Resource 'TSPLASHFORM' not found This is for information purposes only. This is not critical at this time.
Sizes are 0,0,240,180
[TCustomForm.Create] Resource 'TMAINIDE' not found This is for information purposes only. This is not critical at this time.
[TCustomForm.Create] Resource 'TOBJECTINSPECTOR' not found This is for information purposes only. This is not critical at this time.
Sizes are 0,155,230,355
[TCustomComboBox] AttachSignals
[TCustomComboBox] Exiting AttachSignals
[TCustomComboBox] DoChange
[TMainIDE.Destroy] 1
An unhandled exception occurred at 0x080C9918 :
Access violation
0x080C9918 TMAINIDE__DESTROY, line 669 of main.pp 0x45455053 main, line 35 of graphics.pplcllinux.pp

forms.pp - finalization section
[TMainIDE.Destroy] 1
An unhandled exception occurred at 0x080C9918 :
Access violation
0x080C9918 TMAINIDE__DESTROY, line 669 of main.pp 0x463A574F main, line 35 of graphics.pplcllinux.pp An unhandled exception occurred at 0x0812954A :
Access violation
0x0812954A
0x3020200C main, line 35 of graphics.pplcllinux.pp 0x00000000

[TgtkObject.Destroy] WARNING: There are 2 unreleased DCs, a detailed dump follows:
[TgtkObject.Destroy] DCs: 081AE874 081AE6E4
[TgtkObject.Destroy] WARNING: There are 60 unreleased GDIObjects, a detailed dump follows:
[TgtkObject.Destroy] GDIOs: 081C4244 081C36D4 081C90D4 081C7FE4 081C7014 081C5C64 081C43E4
[TgtkObject.Destroy] gdiBitmap: 46
[TgtkObject.Destroy] gdiBrush: 10
[TgtkObject.Destroy] gdiFont: 2
[TgtkObject.Destroy] gdiPen: 2
[TgtkObject.Destroy] WARNING: There are 4 messages left in the queue! I'll free them

Since this has happened with three consecutive builds and I've not seen it mentioned on the mailing list, I assume the problem is in my setup. I'm just not experienced enough to know where the problem is.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Greg Kagel

hey you all,

I'm new there, my name is Etienne S�vin and I'm found of dynamic coding.

I just wanted to know if XML versions of DFMs were out yet ...

best regards,

etienne

Greg Kagel wrote

I've run into a problem even getting Lazarus to launch. AFAICT, I followed the installation instructions correctly, but nightly builds over the last three days have all crashed on launch.

Hmmm. I was playing with yesterdays build and I just tried last nights build and it works fine on my machine so I believe you assumption that it is something with your setup is correct.

Did you install anything else in the last several days? What version of GTK+ are you using? Did you install this over an old version? I don't know if it can effect it or not but delete the .XML files that are generated.

Currently have Gtk+ 1.2.7 installed, as well as the devel libs.

The only Lazarus builds I've tried have been April 11, 12, and 13. All have segfaulted exactly the same. I can't read the dump file well enough to find the problem, so I'm hoping somebody in R&D (:)) might clue me in.

Maybe better-detailed installation instructions, something that covers even the trivial stuff, might help. I'm sure it's a minor problem, and they're the hardest to track down.

Greg Kagel