Bug report #17169

Changing grid options in print layout makes QGIS crash on subsequent project load

Added by Susan Miller over 7 years ago. Updated almost 6 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:High
Assignee:-
Category:Project Loading/Saving
Affected QGIS version:2.18.13 Regression?:No
Operating System: Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:no timely feedback
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:Yes Copied to github as #:25068

Description

new description:

Create a new project

Add a layer (tried with something in wgs84 here)

Create a layout, add a map object

Follow steps 1-9 from here

Save project, close QGIS. Reopen QGIS, load project > crash.

old description:
program crashes at various stages of grid editing in map composer. "crash dumped" window pops up. "minidump written to C: and then folder location"

this was happening in version 2.18.7 so I upgraded to 2.18.13, but this has not fixed the problem. Crash dump file is too large to upload.

sa map only.qgs (600 KB) Susan Miller, 2017-09-21 11:53 AM

sept_saonly.qgs (144 KB) Susan Miller, 2017-09-26 12:51 PM

test2.qgs (22.4 KB) Susan Miller, 2017-09-26 01:39 PM

History

#1 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 7 years ago

  • Priority changed from Normal to High
  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

Can you attach the offending project and data? or it just happen to you with any project/data, even a very simple one? In the second case try with a clean installation, start from (backup and) deleting the .qgis2 folder and restart qgis.

#2 Updated by Susan Miller over 7 years ago

it doesn't happen with all my projects, but the one that caused the initial problem now crashes as soon as I try to open it! I ended up starting a new project and adding the various layers from scratch (I didn't need all of the ones I had in the original project) and it is working - for now. Attached is the file that crashes on opening.

#3 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 7 years ago

  • Category changed from Map Composer/Printing to Project Loading/Saving
  • Operating System deleted (Windows 10 64x)
  • Status changed from Feedback to Open
  • Subject changed from map composer crash when editing grid to QGIS crashes on project load
  • Description updated (diff)

#4 Updated by Susan Miller about 7 years ago

now it is happening repeatedly. I made a(nother) map of this project after I couldn't get into the last one and it worked fine until I tried to reopen it. I have customised the grid coordinates as suggested here:
https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/255861/adding-a-space-in-the-draw-coordinates-decimal-with-suffix-in-qgis-v2-18-7

and reduced the gridlines to ticks as suggested here:
https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/91612/adding-graticules-to-the-edge-of-the-map-only-in-qgis

is it possible one of these steps is causing the problem? I've never had this sort of issues before trying to customise the grid and coordinates.

Attached is the latest faulty file.

#5 Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

is it possible one of these steps is causing the problem? I've never had this sort of issues before trying to customise the grid and coordinates.~

can you consistently replicate the problem after those steps?

#6 Updated by Susan Miller about 7 years ago

the first step seems fine (I saved and reopened successfully), but the reducing of the gridlines to ticks as suggested here:
https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/91612/adding-graticules-to-the-edge-of-the-map-only-in-qgis

makes even a simple map of Africa crash dump on opening after saving. I will have to find another way to do this I guess!

#7 Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Open

Susan Miller wrote:

the first step seems fine (I saved and reopened successfully), but the reducing of the gridlines to ticks as suggested here:
https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/91612/adding-graticules-to-the-edge-of-the-map-only-in-qgis

thanks, finding a way to consistently replicate the issue is very important.

#8 Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 7 years ago

  • Subject changed from QGIS crashes on project load to Changing grid options in print layout makes QGIS crash on subsequent project load
  • Description updated (diff)

#9 Updated by Jürgen Fischer almost 6 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

Please test with QGIS 3.4 - QGIS 2.18 reached it's end of life.

#10 Updated by Nyall Dawson almost 6 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Closed
  • Resolution set to no timely feedback

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