Issue 241: Segmentation Fault on startup - Eric Issue Tracker

Classification

Title:	Segmentation Fault on startup
Type:	crash	Product:	eric6

Process

Priority:	critical
Status:	closed	Resolution:	rejected
Superseder:		Nosy List:	Mike_S, detlev
Assigned to:		Keywords:

Created on 2017-07-26.16:20:20 by Mike_S, last changed by detlev.

Files
File Name	Uploaded	Description	Remove
eric6_seg_fault_report.txt	Mike_S, 2017-07-26.16:20:20	Text file of paste from eric6 installation

Messages (4.0)
msg896 (view)	Author: detlev	Date: 2017-07-30.15:41:18
I installed Anaconda3 4.4.0 on my Mint 18.2 VM. As Anaconda3 doesn't include QScintilla I installed it via "pip install qscintilla". During this process I recognized, that a new PyQt5 and sip was installed. The issue seems to be with this mixed installation. eric6 crashes as soon as the QScintilla package is imported. Sorry, that is outside my scope. You may consider installing eric6 in a Python virtual environment (venv, virtualenv). That works fine over here as well.
msg895 (view)	Author: detlev	Date: 2017-07-26.16:43:07
Btw, it starts fine over here on Mint 18.2 with the default Python 3 interpreter.
msg894 (view)	Author: detlev	Date: 2017-07-26.16:29:45
Are you sure that the default python used to install eric is the Anaconda one? Such segfault usually are caused by a mix and match of libraries (e.g. PyQt). eric is written in pure Python.
msg893 (view)	Author: Mike_S	Date: 2017-07-26.16:20:20
I installed eric6 several times and always got a segmentation fault on startup. I am installing to a Linux Mint (17.3) Anaconda3 setup using the Python3.6.1 of Anaconda to do so. Attached is the record of the most recent installation attempt along with the first attempted usage of eric6.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2017-07-30 15:41:18	detlev	set	message_count: 3.0 -> 4.0 messages: + msg896 resolution: rejected status: new -> closed
2017-07-26 16:43:07	detlev	set	message_count: 2.0 -> 3.0 messages: + msg895
2017-07-26 16:29:45	detlev	set	message_count: 1.0 -> 2.0 messages: + msg894 nosy: + detlev
2017-07-26 16:20:20	Mike_S	create