[Qgis-developer] QGIS allocation error after upgrade to 1.8.0

[Sandro Santilli]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:33:23PM +0200, Daniel Lee wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Since I'm using the binary from the repository, I wasn't sure what exactly
> I should wipe out - I don't have anything in /usr/local/lib/ except for a
> python folder. Instead, I deinstalled QGIS completely using my package
> manager. As far as I understand it, that should wipe out my system pckages,
> wherever they are, and that without deleting my plugins. I tried that but
> got the same problem again. Afterwards, I deleted the .qgis folder in my
> home directory, but that didn't change anything either. Perhaps I've
> understood you wrong? Did I do that right?

I think you understood correctly, but don't know how else to help, sorry.

--strk;

> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel
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> 2012/7/10 Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net>
> 
> > On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 11:35:07PM +0200, Daniel Lee wrote:
> > > Dear list,
> > >
> > > As this is my first post to this list, first of all hello ;)
> > >
> > > I'm really excited about the new version of QGIS. Working with OpenSUSE
> > > 12.1 64-bit, I upgraded from the Geo repository to 1.8.0. Now, however,
> > > QGIS won't start. On the CL I get the following error:
> > >
> > > 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]
> > > qgis: siplib.c:10965: sipEnumType_alloc: Assertion
> > > `(((currentType)->td_flags & 0x0007) == 0x0003)' failed.
> > > Aborted
> > >
> > > The splash screen pops up briefly but dies as soon as the process is
> > > aborted. I'm also not able to find the library in question - does anybody
> > > know of a way of fixing this? Thanks a bunch!
> >
> > Try wiping out any old qgis library file.
> > `sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/qgis` worked for me.
> > Please let us know if it fixes your issue.
> >
> > If it does, it's the most annoying QGIS bug IMHO. It's been in QGIS for
> > so long that you may spot it in slippers reading a newspaper on the couch.
> >
> > --strk;