Rofi: Rofi crashes on key press in run mode.

[madisodr]

Version

Rofi 0.15.12

Ubuntu 14.04.4 Trusty x86_64

Configuration

My Rofi Configuration

Launch Command

I launch rofi through i3 by using "exec rofi -show run -font "pango:bitocra 8""

Steps to reproduce

in a terminal (or using my i3 bind key) I run rofi -show run and when I try to search, rofi crashes.

What behavior you see

Rofi segfaults on an alphanumeric key press when I start it in run mode. I also can't switch modes while in run mode. Here is my GDB log from when I run rofi through it. Running a backtrace is a little difficult though since once rofi crashes I have to kill gdb in order to get my desktop back.

gdb output

What behavior you expect to see

I expected to be able to search in the run mode. If I have window mode start on default, then it works fine, I can search through open windows and it doesn't crash. But starting rofi in run mode causes a segfault.

I am really at a loss here. It was working yesterday. The only change I had made was that I built vim from source using this guide. Building Vim From Source

I have rebuilt rofi from source, rebuilt vim, rebuilt i3. Nothing complains as far as dependencies go. Everything else seems to be working fine. The things I installed when I built vim doesn't raise any red flags. Looking at the gdb crash, I have a strong feeling that this isn't an error in rofi itself, granted this beautiful piece of software was working not but a day ago. Let me know if I can provide any further information.

[carnager]

update... ah... havent seen the backtrace link

[DaveDavenport]

Sounds like a broken filename, resulting in a broken string.

Can you test git version? there the run dialog actually convert to utf8 and back.

(hmm the xkbcommon on 14.04 is to old, there is a work-around for this.. @sardemff7 what was that again? a ppa?)

[DaveDavenport]

(p.s.. in the install file (https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/blob/master/INSTALL.md) there is a small section on how to get a backtrace without 'blocking' the desktop.)

[sardemff7]

For our Travis build we use the future jessie-backports package, see 1e3294fa682a632cf72ff4c2f96c9c3216fc8e3e.

[madisodr]

Alright, so I did a github pull and running ./configure spit out exactly the errros that @sardemff7 's ppa addresses. Managed to build successfully and get rofi running. Going to make sure everything else works nicely still and mess around with things.

[DaveDavenport]

Thanks.

[madisodr]

Nah, thank you. This was bothering me so much. I love rofi, its just so useful so it not working was just bothering my work flow.

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