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Re: [Denemo-devel] New Binaries?


From: Richard Shann
Subject: Re: [Denemo-devel] New Binaries?
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 18:05:31 +0100

On Sun, 2015-05-24 at 23:54 -0500, Jeremiah Benham wrote:
> I have found a page on gtk's website that has all the version numbers
> they recommend for gtk3 and win32.
That sounds promising, let me know when there is something to test.
>   I am going to use this as a template and rebuild. I did retest and I
> believe it worked in vista but not in XP.

Hmm, I was able to drag the main display a short distance before it
crashed on the last version, instead of it crashing straight away.

Richard

> 
> Jeremiah
> 
> On May 24, 2015 10:41 AM, "Richard Shann" <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>         I saw that you have tried another build dated 25th May, so I
>         tested this
>         one too from the zip version and it still will not allow any
>         window
>         re-size nor run LilyPond. From all I have read it would seem
>         likely that
>         some combination of library versions and compiler versions
>         will work,
>         but I don't know how to find out which. Have you been able to
>         re-test
>         the one that appeared to work on windows vista?
>         
>         Richard
>         
>         
>         On Fri, 2015-05-22 at 08:47 -0500, Jeremiah Benham wrote:
>         >
>         >
>         > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 4:12 AM, Richard Shann
>         > <address@hidden> wrote:
>         >         On Thu, 2015-05-21 at 15:26 -0500, Jeremiah Benham
>         wrote:
>         >         > I created new mingw binaries. This time it is
>         based on gtk3.
>         >
>         >         I've downloaded and tested
>         >
>          http://denemo.org/~jjbenham/gub/uploads/denemo-mingw-0.0.0.zip
>         >
>         >         running Denemo.bat it complains that libaubio-4.dll
>         is not
>         >         found - I
>         >         moved it from /lib to /bin and the program then
>         started
>         >         correctly.
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         > Ok. Thanks for letting me know.
>         >
>         >
>         >         The good news is that the fonts are now found, and
>         the nice
>         >         gtk3
>         >         features are present.
>         >         However, LilyPond crashes while processing a file
>         and Denemo
>         >         crashes the
>         >         moment you try to re-size a window, both symptoms
>         exactly as
>         >         before.
>         >
>         >         The crash when trying to move or re-size a window
>         has probably
>         >         not
>         >         changed because, despite moving to gtk3 I guess that
>         the
>         >         version of glib
>         >         is unaltered?
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         > I used 2.43 for both. I will try downgrading and rebuilding.
>         >
>         >
>         >         Whether this is related to lilypond not working I'm
>         not sure
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         > I will upgrade it to 2.18.2 or whatever the latest stable of
>         lilypond.
>         >
>         >
>         >         - the
>         >         attached screenshot on the blue background is from
>         running gdb
>         >         lilypond.exe on a file called fbtest.ly which
>         succeeds in
>         >         earlier
>         >         versions of the denemo installer. The crash in this
>         case is
>         >         reported in
>         >         a memory allocation routine.
>         >
>         >         So the most hopeful line might be to look at which
>         version of
>         >         glib is
>         >         involved in the last two builds. I guess there are
>         also lower
>         >         level
>         >         things (people talk about pthreads and the
>         compiler's
>         >         libraries ...)
>         >         which could be giving us the trouble.
>         >
>         >         We could install a piece of code at the start of
>         main() in
>         >         Denemo that
>         >         - never executes the rest of Denemo's
>         >         code. Then trying to resize the window should
>         confirm that the
>         >         bug is
>         >         not connected with Denemo's use of threads.
>         >
>         >
>         > Could also you try to resize the dialog window that asks you
>         if you
>         > want to import your old prefs?
>         >
>         >
>         > I will rebuild now.
>         >
>         >
>         > Jeremiah
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >         Richard
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >         >
>         >         > Jeremiah
>         >         >
>         >         > On May 13, 2015 6:51 AM, "Richard Shann"
>         >         <address@hidden>
>         >         > wrote:
>         >         >         On Tue, 2015-05-12 at 15:40 -0500,
>         Jeremiah Benham
>         >         wrote:
>         >         >         > What do you think is causing the missing
>         don't
>         >         >
>         >         >         I've done some gdb debugging on the fonts
>         thing: I
>         >         noticed
>         >         >         that one of
>         >         >         the buttons in the horizontal palette, the
>         one for
>         >         entering
>         >         >         notes in
>         >         >         chords *was* showing the two quarter notes
>         in the
>         >         correct
>         >         >         font. Looking
>         >         >         at its label I see that it uses the gtk
>         markup
>         >         language to set
>         >         >         the font
>         >         >         explicitly, where the other palette
>         buttons just
>         >         assume the
>         >         >         font has
>         >         >         been set. The menu items and tooltips will
>         also just
>         >         assume
>         >         >         the font is
>         >         >         set I think. The call to set the default
>         font is
>         >         towards the
>         >         >         end of
>         >         >         view.c
>         >         >         gtk_settings_set_string_property
>         (settings,
>         >         "gtk-font-name",
>         >         >         Denemo.prefs.fontspec->str, "denemo");
>         >         >
>         >         >         this appears to be called twice when
>         starting the
>         >         file, but
>         >         >         the
>         >         >         backtrace is obscure. I tried calling it
>         again from
>         >         within gdb
>         >         >         but this
>         >         >         gives a crash during the call, perhaps
>         because of
>         >         not being in
>         >         >         the right
>         >         >         part of the gtk_main loop. In fact, mostly
>         this gdb
>         >         >         environment is
>         >         >         obscure - the symbol Denemo (which should
>         be the
>         >         root object
>         >         >         of all the
>         >         >         Denemo data) prints as 0, and when trying
>         to access
>         >         >         Denemo.project
>         >         >         (which should be the current score) gdb
>         says Denemo
>         >         is not a
>         >         >         structure.
>         >         >         The info threads just lists a bunch of
>         threads
>         >         in .dlls
>         >         >         (whereas our
>         >         >         threads now have proper names).
>         >         >
>         >         >         So this fonts problem is not to do with
>         failing to
>         >         install
>         >         >         fonts, but
>         >         >         failing to make gtk use the correct font
>         as the
>         >         default.
>         >         >
>         >         >         >  and the crashing?
>         >         >
>         >         >         this happens the instant you try to
>         re-size a
>         >         window. I found
>         >         >         out
>         >         >         something else too - LilyPond is crashing,
>         windows
>         >         throws up a
>         >         >         window to
>         >         >         say it has stopped working, while denemo
>         itself
>         >         continues to
>         >         >         work ok.
>         >         >         I've run it from the command line and it
>         gets as far
>         >         as
>         >         >         "Preprocessing
>         >         >         graphical objects" and then complains
>         about
>         >         std::bad_alloc()
>         >         >
>         >         >         Perhaps we might have better luck with
>         gtk3 - at
>         >         least they
>         >         >         are actively
>         >         >         working on that.
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > I am having trouble creating binaries
>         for Darwin.
>         >         I did
>         >         >         natively
>         >         >         > compile denemo on Darwin but the
>         denemo.ttf don't
>         >         is not
>         >         >         displaying on
>         >         >         > the side or in the menu. Everything else
>         seems
>         >         fine. This
>         >         >         was compiled
>         >         >         > against gtk3. I don't know if the
>         problem will be
>         >         gone if I
>         >         >         use gtk2.
>         >         >         > What do you recommend I do?
>         >         >
>         >         >         This seems to be the failure to get gtk to
>         take
>         >         notice of the
>         >         >         desired
>         >         >         default font that I've described above.
>         Apparently
>         >         there
>         >         >         are .ini type
>         >         >         files in which the desired font can be
>         specified ...
>         >         >
>         >
>         https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/3.8/GtkSettings.html
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >         Richard
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > Jeremiah
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > On May 11, 2015 9:44 AM, "Richard Shann"
>         >         >         <address@hidden>
>         >         >         > wrote:
>         >         >         >         I thought it might be good to
>         check the
>         >         installer
>         >         >         version too
>         >         >         >         - that
>         >         >         >         behaves similarly, no fonts and
>         it works
>         >         until you
>         >         >         try a
>         >         >         >         window re-size,
>         >         >         >         which is instant death.
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         >         Richard
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         >         On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 11:15
>         +0100, Richard
>         >         Shann
>         >         >         wrote:
>         >         >         >         > On Tue, 2015-05-05 at 16:29
>         -0500,
>         >         Jeremiah Benham
>         >         >         wrote:
>         >         >         >         > > I upgraded gtk. Maybe this
>         will fix
>         >         the problem.
>         >         >         I created
>         >         >         >         new mingw
>         >         >         >         > > binaries.
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >         > I've tested the zip file
>         version - it
>         >         starts up
>         >         >         with the
>         >         >         >         denemo.ttf font
>         >         >         >         > not found, but notes can be
>         entered. Any
>         >         attempt
>         >         >         at
>         >         >         >         re-sizing a window
>         >         >         >         > etc causes a crash.
>         Typesetting appears
>         >         to cause a
>         >         >         crash in
>         >         >         >         the lilypond
>         >         >         >         > process started (Denemo
>         carries on
>         >         working, but a
>         >         >         microsoft
>         >         >         >         visual c++
>         >         >         >         > runtime library window pops up
>         to warn
>         >         of a crash,
>         >         >         but it
>         >         >         >         never gets
>         >         >         >         > filled in - see attachment).
>         >         >         >         >
>         >         >         >         > Richard
>         >         >         >         >
>         >         >         >         >
>         >         >         >         >
>         >         >         >         >
>         >         >         >         > > Jeremiah
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >         > > On May 5, 2015 9:00 AM,
>         "Richard
>         >         Shann"
>         >         >         >         <address@hidden>
>         >         >         >         > > wrote:
>         >         >         >         > >         On Tue, 2015-05-05
>         at 06:21
>         >         -0500,
>         >         >         Jeremiah Benham
>         >         >         >         wrote:
>         >         >         >         > >         > I have created the
>         mingw
>         >         binaries. I
>         >         >         will work
>         >         >         >         on the others
>         >         >         >         > >         today.
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >         > >         I've downloaded and
>         run the
>         >         zip file
>         >         >         version -
>         >         >         >         unfortunately
>         >         >         >         > >         it crashes
>         >         >         >         > >         on starting - it
>         hangs the
>         >         machine for
>         >         >         quite a
>         >         >         >         while as it
>         >         >         >         > >         does this. I
>         >         >         >         > >         ran it under gdb and
>         saw that
>         >         it seemed
>         >         >         to be some
>         >         >         >         sort of
>         >         >         >         > >         thread
>         >         >         >         > >         problem - I turned
>         off the
>         >         continuous
>         >         >         typesetting
>         >         >         >         (by editing
>         >         >         >         > >         the denemo
>         >         >         >         > >         rc file) and it
>         started ok. I
>         >         could
>         >         >         enter a few
>         >         >         >         notes and they
>         >         >         >         > >         sounded
>         >         >         >         > >         on entry. When I
>         tried to
>         >         typeset in the
>         >         >         Print
>         >         >         >         View window it
>         >         >         >         > >         completely
>         >         >         >         > >         hung the machine,
>         requiring a
>         >         hard
>         >         >         re-boot. This
>         >         >         >         is on the
>         >         >         >         > >         Windows Vista
>         >         >         >         > >         laptop that runs
>         1.2.2 without
>         >         a
>         >         >         problem.
>         >         >         >         > >         I did another run,
>         this time
>         >         without
>         >         >         trying
>         >         >         >         typesetting -
>         >         >         >         > >         after a while
>         >         >         >         > >         it froze the
>         machine. I found
>         >         that
>         >         >         ctrl-alt-del
>         >         >         >         gave me access
>         >         >         >         > >         to the
>         >         >         >         > >         machine again and I
>         was able
>         >         to take a
>         >         >         snapshot of
>         >         >         >         the gdb
>         >         >         >         > >         console which
>         >         >         >         > >         I attach. It looks
>         like this
>         >         is
>         >         >         threading problems
>         >         >         >         inside the
>         >         >         >         > >         gtk system
>         >         >         >         > >         rather than some
>         denemo thread
>         >         problem
>         >         >         (I was just
>         >         >         >         changing
>         >         >         >         > >         between
>         >         >         >         > >         windows in Denemo
>         when it
>         >         crashed,
>         >         >         rather than
>         >         >         >         initiating
>         >         >         >         > >         playback,
>         >         >         >         > >         entering notes etc -
>         that's no
>         >         >         guarantee, of
>         >         >         >         course, but my
>         >         >         >         > >         gut
>         >         >         >         > >         feeling).
>         >         >         >         > >         I think it would
>         help if we
>         >         could get
>         >         >         rid of the
>         >         >         >         code that
>         >         >         >         > >         prompts "Type
>         >         >         >         > >         ENTER..."  - I know
>         you have
>         >         tried
>         >         >         before, but
>         >         >         >         evidently it is
>         >         >         >         > >         still
>         >         >         >         > >         there.
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >         > >         Richard
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >         > >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         > Jeremiah
>         >         >         >         > >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         > On May 1, 2015
>         10:25 AM,
>         >         "Richard
>         >         >         Shann"
>         >         >         >         > >
>          <address@hidden>
>         >         >         >         > >         > wrote:
>         >         >         >         > >         >         On Fri,
>         2015-05-01
>         >         at 09:42
>         >         >         -0500,
>         >         >         >         Jeremiah Benham
>         >         >         >         > >         wrote:
>         >         >         >         > >         >         > I now
>         have a gub
>         >         branch with
>         >         >         upgraded
>         >         >         >         glib but I
>         >         >         >         > >         am stuck on
>         >         >         >         > >         >         nsis . I
>         >         >         >         > >         >         > could
>         create a zip
>         >         version
>         >         >         now.
>         >         >         >         > >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         That would
>         be
>         >         excellent -
>         >         >         people can try
>         >         >         >         it out
>         >         >         >         > >         without
>         >         >         >         > >         >         committing
>         >         >         >         > >         >
>          themselves.
>         >         >         >         > >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         Is the
>         nsis problem
>         >         related to
>         >         >         the new
>         >         >         >         glib?
>         >         >         >         > >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         Richard
>         >         >         >         > >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         > Jeremiah
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         > On Apr
>         29, 2015
>         >         8:20 AM,
>         >         >         "Jeremiah
>         >         >         >         Benham"
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >         <address@hidden>
>         >         >         wrote:
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>          I will
>         >         work on it.
>         >         >         It may take
>         >         >         >         a little
>         >         >         >         > >         longer than
>         >         >         >         > >         >         I
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>          expected.
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>          Jeremiah
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>          On Apr 29,
>         >         2015 7:59
>         >         >         AM,
>         >         >         >         "Richard Shann"
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >         >          <address@hidden>
>         >         >         >         wrote:
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >          This seems
>         >         >         to be the
>         >         >         >         latest
>         >         >         >         > >         version of glib:
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >
>         >         >
>         >
>         https://developer.gnome.org/glib/glib-html-2.44.0.tar.gz
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  If
>         >         that will
>         >         >         work it
>         >         >         >         would be our
>         >         >         >         > >         best bet
>         >         >         >         > >         >         for bug
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >          fixes.
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >          Richard
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  On
>         >         Wed,
>         >         >         2015-04-29 at
>         >         >         >         00:02 -0500,
>         >         >         >         > >         Jeremiah
>         >         >         >         > >         >         Benham
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >          wrote:
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         I'm
>         >         >         getting this
>         >         >         >         error when
>         >         >         >         > >         trying to
>         >         >         >         > >         >         compile
>         for
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         mingw:
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         building
>         >         >         package:
>         >         >         >         mingw::denemo
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         *** Stage:
>         >         >         download
>         >         >         >         (denemo,
>         >         >         >         > >         mingw)
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         *** Stage:
>         >         >         untar
>         >         >         >         (denemo, mingw)
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         *** Stage:
>         >         >         patch
>         >         >         >         (denemo, mingw)
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         *** Stage:
>         >         >         >         autoupdate (denemo,
>         >         >         >         > >         mingw)
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         *** Stage:
>         >         >         configure
>         >         >         >         (denemo,
>         >         >         >         > >         mingw)
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         *** Stage:
>         >         >         compile
>         >         >         >         (denemo,
>         >         >         >         > >         mingw)
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         Command
>         >         >         barfed:
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >         > >         >
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >
>         >         >
>         >
>          cd 
> /home/jjbenham/public_html/gub/target/mingw/build/denemo-git.savannah.gnu.org--denemo.git-master
>  && make -j16
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         Tail of
>         >         >         >         > >
>          target/mingw/log/denemo.log
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >>>>>>>>
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >          make[1]: ***
>         >         >         >         [all-recursive]
>         >         >         >         > >         Error 1
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >          make[1]: Leaving
>         >         >         >         directory
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >         > >         >
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >
>         >         >
>         >
>          
> `/home/jjbenham/public_html/gub/target/mingw/build/denemo-git.savannah.gnu.org--denemo.git-master'
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >         > >         >
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >
>         >         >
>         >
>          
> libaudiobackend.a(libaudiobackend_a-audiointerface.o):audiointerface.c:(.text+0x445):
>  undefined reference to `_g_thread_try_new'                                   
>                     
> libaudiobackend.a(libaudiobackend_a-audiointerface.o):audiointerface.c:(.text+0x8c5):
>  undefined reference to `_g_cond_wait_until'                                  
>                     
> libaudiobackend.a(libaudiobackend_a-dummybackend.o):dummybackend.c:(.text+0x68):
>  undefined reference to 
> `_g_cond_wait_untilibaudiobackend.a(libaudiobackend_a-audiointerface.o):audiointerface.c:(.text+0x445):
>  undefined reference to `_g_thread_try_new'                                   
>                     @
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         On Apr 28,
>         >         >         2015
>         >         >         >         12:34 PM,
>         >         >         >         > >         "Jeremiah
>         >         >         >         > >         >         Benham"
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >         <address@hidden>
>         >         >         >         > >         wrote:
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >          >         I
>         >         >         will do
>         >         >         >         that tonight.
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >          Jeremiah
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >          >         On
>         >         >         Apr 28,
>         >         >         >         2015 7:06 AM,
>         >         >         >         > >         "Richard
>         >         >         >         > >         >         Shann"
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >         > >
>         <address@hidden>
>         >         wrote:
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >          Jeremiah,
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >                The
>         >         >         >         fixes I've
>         >         >         >         > >         made for
>         >         >         >         > >         >         threading
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >          issues seem to
>         >         >         >         > >         be
>         >         >         >         > >         >         effective
>         - and I
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >                have
>         >         >         >         fixed a
>         >         >         >         > >         critical bug
>         >         >         >         > >         >         in copy &
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >          paste - I think
>         >         >         >         > >         we should
>         >         >         >         > >         >         try for a
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >          early release of
>         >         >         >         > >         1.2.4.
>         >         >         >         > >         >         Are you
>         able
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >                to
>         >         >         >         generate
>         >         >         >         > >         binaries at
>         >         >         >         > >         >         the
>         moment?
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >          Richard
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>                  >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >
>         >         >         >         > >         >
>         >         >         >         > >
>         >         >         >         >
>         >         >         >         >
>         >         _______________________________________________
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>         >         >         >         >
>         >         >
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