[Python-apps-team] Bug#677421: mayavi2: segfaults as soon as a module is loaded

[Francesco Poli]

On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 14:02:05 -0400 Varun Hiremath wrote:

[...]
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Francesco Poli
> <invernomuto at paranoici.org> wrote:
> > Wait a second, I noticed an important thing!
> >
> > It seems that there's a huge difference in how I add modules
> > in step 1 (see my original bug report).
> >
> > First possibility: in the tree-like view of the objects, I click on "+
> > Add module or filter" (under "VTK XML file (fire_ug.vtu)"), then in the
> > Mayavi object editor ("Visualization modules" tab) I double-click on
> > "Streamline".
> > Booom! Segmentation fault!
> 
> Got it! I can also reproduce the segfault now :-(.

Hey, you must be happy to be able to reproduce the bug.
If you weren't able to reproduce, we would be seeing ghosts!   ;-)

> I was using the 4th
> option: adding modules from the Visualize menu, which works fine. This
> looks like a bug in mayavi2, because other options work fine.

That explains a lot...

> I will forward this upstream, thanks.

Thanks to you, really!

Let's hope that the bug gets fixed soon, even though I now know how to
work around it (thanks to your initial inability to reproduce it,
actually!).

Bye.

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