Re: Lyx 2.5.0 crash on mac book pro arm cpu

Bini



17. März 2026, 10:31 von [email protected]:

> On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 09:45:48AM +0100, Anders Ekberg wrote:
>
>> 17 mars 2026 kl. 08:28 skrev Scott Kostyshak via lyx-users <[email protected]>:
>> > 
>> > On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 04:35:53PM -0700, Chris Menzel wrote:
>> >>> 
>> >>> Similar experience here with LyX 2.5.0 on an M4 Mac mini running 26.3.1.
>> >>>> However, it only happens if I quit (via LyX → Quit LyX) with a LyX window
>> >>>> open, whether or not a file is loaded. If I first close any open LyX
>> >>>> windows and then quit via LyX → Quit LyX, I do not get the crash report
>> >>>> window. Other than this, no issues with 2.5.0.
>> >>> 
>> >>> 
>> >>> Ah this is very intersting! Perhaps this is already known, but if not,
>> >>> your observation gives an idea for a quick workaround (and for narrowing
>> >>> in on the root cause).
>> >>> 
>> >>> Chris, Can you open some documents and then open the command buffer (I
>> >>> think with alt+x or command + x maybe on mac?). This will open a small
>> >>> toolbar at the bottom of your screen. Enter the following in the toolbar
>> >>> and press Enter:
>> >>> 
>> >>>  command-sequence buffer-close-all; lyx-quit
>> >>> 
>> >>> Does it quit successfully, without crash, if you do it this way?
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> The first time I tried it, it only closed the open buffer on my document. I
>> >> then quit manually but indeed I did not get the crash window. However, now
>> >> when I try to enter the command in the command buffer, I get a "command
>> >> disabled" message. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>> > 
>> > Thanks for trying! Well dang, I expected that to work. If anyone else
>> > can try that command-sequence on macOS, that would be helpful. I still
>> > think it could be a nice workaround to the bug (if it works, we can
>> > change the menu to run that command). But if the command-sequence
>> > doesn't work on its own, that good be a different (or related?) bug.
>> > 
>> > Scott
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>> Crash report when quitting using menu w open documents. No crash report with the command.
>> LyX 2.5.0,, MacBook Air, Apple M3, Mac OS 26.3.1 
>> /Anders
>>
>
> Thank you Anders! If I figure out how to change the menu entry locally
> for you (I think we just need to put a file in your user directory),
> would you be open to testing it? Basically, when you go to quit by the
> menu, instead of running the usual command, it would run the workaround
> command that you tried.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
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I' not sure if it is still interesting.
I tried executing "command-sequence buffer-close-all; lyx-quit" from the Mini-buffer on my Macbook M2 Tahoe 26.3.1 via Control-x. Result with LyX2.5.0: Command disabled, no other reaction.
The same command with LyX2.4.4 works fine.Bini

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