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KStars 3.6 crashes when Find Object is selected

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KStars 3.6 crashes when Find Object is selected was created by Frederick Ruegsegger

I'm running KStars 3.6 on an M1 Mac (macOS 12.5) and if I select Find Object magnifying glass, KStars just quits. I've tried going into the Observation Planner and finding objects there as well with the same result. Finally, I've launched a remote session with a RPi (from my Mac), started EKOS and Telescope Control tried to search - same result. This makes KStars/EKOS unusable for me. Anyone else experiencing this and/or is there something I need to set properly?
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Replied by Gilles Gagnon on topic KStars 3.6 crashes when Find Object is selected

I had this happen to me some time ago on arm64 while using CTRL-F instead of the magnifying glass but it does not happen anymore on the KStars 3.6 beta I'm using (one of the later ones).
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Replied by Frederick Ruegsegger on topic KStars 3.6 crashes when Find Object is selected

Thanks Gilles - it's happening to me whether I use Control-F (in my case Command-F) or the magnifying glass. Prior to 3.6 everything worked.
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Replied by Euripides on topic KStars 3.6 crashes when Find Object is selected

Confirm the issue. Crush as soon as I select the magnifying glass, on M1 Mac with 3.6 stable.
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Replied by Gilles Gagnon on topic KStars 3.6 crashes when Find Object is selected

Just installed KStars 3.6 stable on my i386 Macbook Pro (2013) and the problem is not present on this architecture.
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Replied by Frederick Ruegsegger on topic KStars 3.6 crashes when Find Object is selected

When I run a screen sharing session from my Mac to the RPi (which is also running 3.6) Find Object works just fine.

I have a 2015 vintage Intel Mac that I just installed 3.6 on. Most of the time Find Object crashes - 5 out of 7 times. The only times it worked were after I had tried Find Object from within the Observation Planner. If I have a successful Find Object in the Observation Planner and then exit the Observation Planner, I can execute a Find My from the main menu without a crash.

From within the Observation Planner, Find Object works about 3 out of 4 times but still crashes so it's not quite bullet proof either.

So bottom line, my Intel Mac is somewhat more reliable than my M1 Mac but neither is performing a Find Object in a stable manner.
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Replied by Frederick Ruegsegger on topic KStars 3.6 crashes when Find Object is selected

Hi Gilles - a quick question - what version of macOS are you running on that MacBook Pro. My wife has a model of that vintage and macOS 12.x won't run on it.
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Replied by Jerry Black on topic KStars 3.6 crashes when Find Object is selected


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Replied by John on topic KStars 3.6 crashes when Find Object is selected

I too have this issue. Unfortunately when I run it under debug it works fine :S

A way around this is to navigate in the sky and click on the object you want (obviously avoiding the find object dialog box). Its a bit tedious but does work.
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Replied by Gilles Gagnon on topic KStars 3.6 crashes when Find Object is selected

Hi Fred, I run macOS 11.6.8 on my MacBook Pro.
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Replied by Euripides on topic KStars 3.6 crashes when Find Object is selected

So we can replicate the issue on M1 processors for sure. Probably @Rob could take a look on that.
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Replied by Keld Henningsen on topic KStars 3.6 crashes when Find Object is selected

I have the same problem on Stellarmate/RPi, when I try to use the search function in kStars or in the scheduler, kStars crash and restarts, It’s 32bit Stellarmate 1.7.2, kStars 3.6.0.
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