Holding ctrl + R to reload document results in a segmentation fault.

[sebastinas]

On GitLab by @MustafaAamir on Apr 23, 2024, 03:48

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[sebastinas]

On GitLab by @MustafaAamir on Apr 23, 2024, 03:50

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I'm not using any plugins other than zathura-pdf-poppler for fedora 41.

[Skillmon]

Same happens with the MuPDF backend if one reloads the document too often too fast.

[alerque]

This might explain some crashes I've been having too that I haven't been able to track down. When you say segfault does the UI go away or just freeze on you? My symptom is a segfault and the app stops responding but the UI is still there it just stops updating or responding to input. Does that match your symptoms or is my problem different?

[MustafaAamir]

Hi! In my case the app crashes and shuts down altogether.

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[Skillmon]

Same as @MustafaAamir, the window dies as well. This is what shows in the terminal (on Arch Linux, kpsewhich example-image-duck.pdf is a PDF shipped with TeX Live, but the same happens with any PDF)):

% zathura $(kpsewhich example-image-duck.pdf)
info: Opening plain database via sqlite backend.
warning: sqlite database already exists. Set your database backend to sqlite
invalid error type error: 
warning: Ignoring error during interpretation
[1]    258097 segmentation fault  zathura $(kpsewhich example-image-duck.pdf)

[alerque]

Okay thanks, it sounds like I have a different issue then. I'll keep an eye out for what the actual trigger is and whether it's been reported.

[jwangac]

I have also encountered this issue and have written a patch (for zathura version 0.5.2). While it does not address the root cause of the segmentation fault, it limits the rate at which one can reload, which may serve as a temporary solution.

The patch was created as a quick fix and may not meet the quality standards for upstream integration. But it has been functioning satisfactorily for me over the past few months.