Aegisub keeps crashing when it is trying to render the subs

[zeldAIS]

I just recently installed Mint Debian, I am having this problem whenever I use my compiled Aegisub. Here is the crash log (which is a more recent crash):

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---2011-10-21 08:57:30------------------
VER - r5759 (development version)
FTL - Begining stack dump for "Fatal exception":
000 - 0x01D4FFEC:
001 - 0x01D5251E: FT_Stroker_EndSubPath
002 - 0x01D52A49: FT_Stroker_ParseOutline
003 - 0x01D52DB6: FT_Glyph_StrokeBorder
004 - 0x018F0CC3:
005 - 0x018F34B3: ass_render_frame
006 - 0x005A37E8: LibassSubtitlesProvider::DrawSubtitles(AegiVideoFrame&, double) on /home/ahim/.aegisub/src/aegisub-2.1.9/aegisub/src/subtitles_provider_libass.cpp:242
007 - 0x0058194C: VideoContext::GetFrame(int, bool) on /home/ahim/.aegisub/src/aegisub-2.1.9/aegisub/src/video_context.cpp:450
008 - 0x005850A5: VideoDisplay::SetFrame(int) on /home/ahim/.aegisub/src/aegisub-2.1.9/aegisub/src/video_display.cpp:220
009 - 0x005801D6: std::_List_iterator<VideoDisplay*>::operator++(int) on /usr/include/c++/4.6/bits/stl_list.h:162
010 - 0x00580920: VideoContext::JumpToFrame(int) on /home/ahim/.aegisub/src/aegisub-2.1.9/aegisub/src/video_context.cpp:407
011 - 0x00580A39: VideoContext::Refresh(bool, bool) on /home/ahim/.aegisub/src/aegisub-2.1.9/aegisub/src/video_context.cpp:388
012 - 0x0055A864: SubtitlesGrid::CommitChanges(bool, bool) on /home/ahim/.aegisub/src/aegisub-2.1.9/aegisub/src/subs_grid.cpp:1390
013 - 0x0054C992: SubsEditBox::Commit(bool) on /home/ahim/.aegisub/src/aegisub-2.1.9/aegisub/src/subs_edit_box.cpp:933
014 - 0x045D83B5: wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventIfMatches(wxEventTableEntryBase const&, wxEvtHandler*, wxEvent&)
015 - 0x045D851C: wxEventHashTable::HandleEvent(wxEvent&, wxEvtHandler*)
016 - 0x045D8854: wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(wxEvent&)
017 - 0x04E915DA:
018 - 0xFF0E8D48:
019 - 0xFDEC7E7E: g_closure_invoke
020 - 0xFDED98D7:
021 - 0xFDEE2AA5: g_signal_emit_valist
022 - 0xFDEE2ED3: g_signal_emit
023 - 0xFF204D8F:
024 - 0xFF219BCB: gtk_window_propagate_key_event
025 - 0xFF21C5DB:
026 - 0xFF0E8D48:
027 - 0xFDEC7E7E: g_closure_invoke
028 - 0xFDED96E8:
029 - 0xFDEE2AA5: g_signal_emit_valist
030 - 0xFDEE2ED3: g_signal_emit
031 - 0xFF204D8F:
032 - 0xFF0E6FD4: gtk_propagate_event
033 - 0xFF0E72B3: gtk_main_do_event
034 - 0xFED50B7C:
035 - 0xFD8054A3: g_main_context_dispatch
036 - 0xFD805C80:
037 - 0xFD8062F2: g_main_loop_run
038 - 0xFF0E62B7: gtk_main
039 - 0x04E819E8: wxEventLoop::Run()
040 - 0x04EF8A1B: wxAppBase::MainLoop()
End of stack dump.
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I hanged out at the IRC channel of Aegisub and the main developer said this:

Oct 20 20:40:21 <zeldAIS> Hi! I'm having this crashes on Linux Mint Debian - http://forum.aegisub.org/viewtopic.php? ... 029#p15050 --> Would it be alright to ask for possible solution please? ^^;;
Oct 20 20:40:27 <zeldAIS> *these
Oct 20 20:59:44 <jfs> zeldAIS I don't know for sure but my best guess right now is an old version of libass or freetype
Oct 20 21:00:02 <zeldAIS> Thank you jfs-sama - lemme try that

Would it be alright if I ask how to downgrade libass or freetype? Synaptics says my libass version is 0.9.12-1 and libfreetype6 is 2.4.6-1. I'm not entirely sure if it's really this that keeps Aegisub crashing. Would others have experience in solving this? Thank you

PS: I think it's worth noting that I'm also not having these kind of crashes in Mint 10 Julia though.

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Edit: changed topic title

[zeldAIS]

Has anybody tried to install Aegisub from the linuxmint debian repos and make the subtitles work? Aegisub 2.1.8 is in the linuxmint debian repositories. The crashes only start when you load the video and the video preview tries to render the subtitles you input.

Kindly please please please help as it has been almost two weeks trying to figure this out by myself ;A;

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Here is the log in the LMDE chatroom when I also asked for help (posting for references):

Oct 21 20:47:55 <zeldAIS> Hi! I've tried installing Aegisub from synaptics or apt-get and everytime I load a video and load the subs, it crashes
Oct 21 20:48:07 <zeldAIS> I'm wondering how to fix that.
Oct 21 20:48:47 <zeldAIS> I know the architecture of the OS is different with Mint 10 but in Mint 10, it doesn't crash
Oct 21 20:49:07 <zeldAIS> Can somebody please help? Or at least try if Aegisub is not crashing at your end etc?
Oct 21 21:00:32 <Thund3rChilD> starting a program on terminal wil often hint to the problem , did you try such zeldAIS ?
Oct 21 21:00:47 <chattr> zeldAIS: in terminal, what does ' apt-cache policy aegisub ' return? please out the output on pastebin.com and tell us the url
Oct 21 21:01:16 <chattr> s/please out/please put/
Oct 21 21:01:48 <zeldAIS> Lemme try that - thanks Thund3rChilD and chattr
Oct 21 21:02:01 <zeldAIS> Though I think installation is fine - just running is the problem
Oct 21 21:04:16 <zeldAIS> chattr - here is the output --> http://pastebin.com/UV1iTQ66
Oct 21 21:04:22 <zeldAIS> Lemme try running from terminal now
Oct 21 21:05:14 <chattr> well, that eliminates a possibility I thought of, zeldAIS
Oct 21 21:06:15 <zeldAIS> Would it be alright to ask what you mean chattr? ^^;; I don't think I'm following ^^;;
Oct 21 21:06:43 <zeldAIS> This is the one that is at the terminal when it crashed Thund3rChilD - http://pastebin.com/RxCkTrPy
Oct 21 21:07:04 <chattr> zeldAIS: I thought that you had strayed outside the ordinary repos, but instead the package is available from an official repo
Oct 21 21:07:04 <zeldAIS> I actually posted the problem this morning at the newbie section in the forums --> viewtopic.php?f=199&t=83857
Oct 21 21:07:26 <zeldAIS> Though that is compiled from source
Oct 21 21:07:39 <zeldAIS> I just checked the crashlog and it also gave similar crashlog
Oct 21 21:08:03 <chattr> love verbose messages. sorry, zeldAIS, I've never run aegisub and can't help any further
Oct 21 21:09:23 <zeldAIS> Thanks chattr for trying to help either way
Oct 21 21:09:37 <chattr> np. back later. marking myself /away
Oct 21 21:10:40 <Thund3rChilD> just a wild guess , might you be missing a font type ?
Oct 21 21:10:50 <zeldAIS> Hmm...
Oct 21 21:11:06 <zeldAIS> Would it be alright to ask how to check?
Oct 21 21:11:15 <zeldAIS> I'll check if I have arial
Oct 21 21:11:45 <Thund3rChilD> it aborts after adding
Oct 21 21:12:11 <Thund3rChilD> i dont know this program so its more like a wild hunt
Oct 21 21:13:14 <zeldAIS> Yeah, Aegisub is mostly used by people that sub videos
Oct 21 21:13:55 <zeldAIS> thank you for helping Thund3rChilD
Oct 21 21:14:06 <zeldAIS> Though would it be alright to ask how to check?
Oct 21 21:14:20 <zeldAIS> I think Arial is installed fine
Oct 21 21:14:23 <zeldAIS> That's the default font
Oct 21 21:15:07 <Thund3rChilD> dies it not state on the package page what the deps are?
Oct 21 21:15:33 <zeldAIS> I'm not sure how to check that
Oct 21 21:15:39 <Thund3rChilD> i dont know zeldAIS , as i said its more a guess then sience
Oct 21 21:16:24 <zeldAIS> Kindly wait Thund3rChilD
Oct 21 21:18:39 <zeldAIS> I used this post to build from source and it worked --> http://forum.aegisub.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4686
Oct 21 21:18:43 <zeldAIS> The dependencies are there
Oct 21 21:18:53 <zeldAIS> But problem is that, that's for Ubuntu
Oct 21 21:19:44 <zeldAIS> The reason why I built from source is that 2.1.8 has that timing bug so I opted to build from the newer subversions which are still in development
Oct 21 21:20:00 <zeldAIS> Then crashes occur on the build everytime I try to load the subs
Oct 21 21:20:21 <zeldAIS> I tried then using the one at the repo to check if it's just the bug at the build I made
Oct 21 21:20:36 <zeldAIS> But it also has the same crashes with the one at the repo OTL;;
Oct 21 21:21:15 <Thund3rChilD> it only chrashes when you load something right ?
Oct 21 21:21:47 <zeldAIS> I think it only crashes when it tries to render the subtitles I made in the video preview OTL;;
Oct 21 21:22:14 <case`> zeldAIS> can you not alien the package?
Oct 21 21:22:36 <zeldAIS> Would it be alright to ask how to do that?
Oct 21 21:24:01 <zeldAIS> I mean for case` - I don't know how not t alien the package ^^;;
Oct 21 21:24:09 <zeldAIS> *to
Oct 21 21:25:02 <case`> zeldAIS> you can install alien via rpm, then you can use "alien" command which will convert from bz/gz.tar to tar.deb packages
Oct 21 21:26:01 <case`> just sudo alien ("tar filename") will then create a debian package
Oct 21 21:26:38 <zeldAIS> So I have to build alien from source first?
Oct 21 21:27:13 <case`> you can get alien from google, or should be in rpm
Oct 21 21:27:59 <zeldAIS> I'm not sure if that would solve it since the problem of the crashes of Aegisub only is showing when it is trying to render subtitles
Oct 21 21:28:56 <case`> may be a bad package
Oct 21 21:29:05 <case`> not sure m8, g'luck
Oct 21 21:29:14 <zeldAIS> Thanks either way case`
Oct 21 21:29:23 <case`> np
Oct 21 21:29:27 <zeldAIS> Well, it has been a week already trying to solve it on my own
Oct 21 21:29:37 <zeldAIS> So I already started asking just now
Oct 21 21:30:36 <zeldAIS> Oh
Oct 21 21:30:43 <zeldAIS> alien is in the repos

[zeldAIS]

As stated here by one of the main developers of Aegisub - he didn't mean to say that I should downgrade libass nor libfreetype and is also boggled with the crashes of the program. /me will change the topic title if possible

Can anybody test if you get similar crashes when you install Aegisub 2.1.8 from the repositories?

Can please somebody found out what seems to be the problem and how to fix this?

[zeldAIS]

Bumping this thread. Anybody can help please?

[uzoezie22]

I think the experts from where you obtained it can really be a helping hand in figuring out this problem.
Thanks