0002806: NetSurf crashes during startup

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ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0002806	NetSurf	RISC OS-specific	public	2021-01-29 15:27	2021-01-29 15:27

Reporter	Mike Hobbs
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Priority	normal	Severity	crash	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
Platform	VRPC-DL	OS	RISC OS	OS Version	4.02
Product Version	3.10
Target Version		Fixed in Version
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URL of problem page	Not applicable

Summary	0002806: NetSurf crashes during startup
Description	Fresh install of 3.10 on VRPC-DL (from zip download) including all module updates. NetSurf has run on this machine a while ago but not recently. On running !NetSurf the hourglass percentage is shown but just before it reaches 100% an error window appears: NetSurf has experienced a serious error... Log file shows seg fault.
Steps To Reproduce	This is system specific as I have another similar VRPC-SA system where NetSurf works fine. However, I can't determine what is different. Virtually everything in the HardDisc4 of the failing system was copied from the working system, including all relevant modules, Choices and Scrap files but it still fails. Failure is reproducible always on starting !NetSurf.
Additional Information	I tried older versions of NetSurf going back to 3.6 and all fail in the same way although older versions show the progress bar instead of the hourglass percentage. From years ago I have a vague recollection of something that can be reset to avoid the initialization phase but can't remember what it is.
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Attached Files	Log,fff (528,568) 2021-01-29 15:27 https://bugs.netsurf-browser.org/mantis/file_download.php?file_id=695&type=bug

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2021-01-29 15:27	Mike Hobbs	New Issue
2021-01-29 15:27	Mike Hobbs	File Added: Log,fff