[Qgis-user] QGIS Crash on Opening Project

[Ramon Andiñach]

On 14/04/2012, at 01:47 , Lee wrote:

> Gang,
> 
> I have been using QGIS at my workplace on our windows cloud. I have developed several project files which use various shapefiles located on our server. QGIS works fine when using it on windows to access these files.
> 
> Recently, I was able to crash our cloud while attempting to perform some operations on rather large datasets. They have since moved me off the cloud to my own computer. Naturally, I requested Ubuntu. Unfortunately, when I map our server drives to my machine and attempt to open my QGIS files, I first get the general warning about "earlier versions of QGIS" before the layers start to load and QGIS crashes completely.
> 
> To fix this, I attempted to copy the entire folder which houses the projects onto my desktop and load the projects away from the server. Unfortunately, this has caused the same crash. No errors. No warning. Just a complete closing of QGIS. 
> 
> Finally, I tried running it through the terminal to see what kind of error's might be generated. This time, it did not crash completely but  gave an "std::bad_alloc" error. The terminal output for the session is as follows:
> 
> lee at lee-desktop:~$ qgis
> Warning: loading of qgis translation failed [/usr/share/qgis/i18n//qgis_en_US]
> Warning: loading of qt translation failed [/usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_en_US]
> Python support ENABLED :-) 
> Loaded : Plugin Installer (package: plugin_installer)
> Loaded : fTools (package: fTools)
> Warning: Loading a file that was saved with an older version of qgis (saved in 1.7.0-Wroclaw, loaded in 1.7.4-Wroclaw). Problems may occur.
> 
> I see no errors, or output outside of the ordinary. Again, a direct opening from a file produces a crash, through terminal produces an error.
> 
> Has anyone experienced a similar issue? Any suggestions for a fix or work-around?
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> --
> all the best,
> Lee Mueller
> ISA Certified Arborist
> Registered Forester #4604

Hi there,

I've also been having problems with some workspaces, after updating to 1.7.4 (or whatever the current 1.7 version is and getting GDAL 1.9 as a bonus), but on windows.

I've not looked properly yet, but it seems to be that they're jamming up at a particular spot each time, and at least so far that looks like an image. 
(With out wanting to start everyone off on proprietary formats, I'm currently looking sideways at my .ecw images)

The paths have not changed, and worked before.
Interestingly also, the same workspaces do not crash Master, but often result in the bad handle dialogue box.

Something there might help...

-ramon.