[wxGlade] Certain toolbars crash wxPython apps on Ubuntu since today

[Stani]

Checking some other wxpython IDE's (Ulipad, peppy, editra), none of them 
work. Only winpdb seems to survive.
Stani

Stani wrote:
> Alberto Griggio wrote:
>>> After getting some system updates yesterday, there are serious 
>>> issues on
>>> Ubuntu Gutsy with wxpython from the standard universe repositories.
>>> Programs as SPE, wxGlade, the wxPython demo and probably many more...
>>> are affected. These are example outputs:
>>>     
>> [...]
>>  
>>> ... the same story happens. However it reveals that the problem 
>>> might be
>>> related to the toolbar. Indeed if I try to launch the ToolBar.py script
>>> of the wxPython demo, it shows up the frame but when clicking the 
>>> button
>>> to launch a frame with a toolbar it crashes. I found out the that the
>>> toolbar demo crashes on the check toolbar button. Disable it and the
>>> toolbar demo starts fine.
>>>
>>> While debugging SPE with the excellent winpdb debugger, I found out 
>>> that
>>> these bitmaps from the art provider also always generate crashes:
>>> wx.ART_REPORT_VIEW, wx.ART_LIST_VIEW
>>>
>>> Note this doesn't crash all applications, only some dependent of the
>>> toolbar configuration.
>>>     
>>
>> I don't have ubuntu installed, so I can't really say anything, but...
>> maybe the problem is not in the toolbar, since wxGlade does not use a
>> toolbar at all for its frames: it does create toolbars when the user
>> adds a "Toolbar" to the GUI that's being edited, but if I understand
>> correctly what you say, you see the crash immediately, right? Also,
>> both the bitmap you mention above are not used by wxGlade - so I guess
>> the problem is somewhere else...
>>
>> Alberto
>>   
> I guess in that case it is maybe related to creating bitmap buttons of 
> which wxGlade has plenty as well.
>
> Stani
>
>


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