Changing grid options in print layout makes QGIS crash on subsequent project load

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Author Name: Susan Miller (Susan Miller)
Original Redmine Issue: 17169
Affected QGIS version: 2.18.13
Redmine category:project_loading/saving

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new description:

Create a new project

Add a layer (tried with something in wgs84 here)

Create a layout, add a map object

Follow steps 1-9 from here

Save project, close QGIS. Reopen QGIS, load project > crash.

old description:
program crashes at various stages of grid editing in map composer. "crash dumped" window pops up. "minidump written to C: and then folder location"

this was happening in version 2.18.7 so I upgraded to 2.18.13, but this has not fixed the problem. Crash dump file is too large to upload.

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• sa map only.qgs (Susan Miller)
• sept_saonly.qgs (Susan Miller)
• test2.qgs (Susan Miller)

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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Can you attach the offending project and data? or it just happen to you with any project/data, even a very simple one? In the second case try with a clean installation, start from (backup and) deleting the .qgis2 folder and restart qgis.

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• priority_id was changed from Normal to High
• status_id was changed from Open to Feedback

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Author Name: Susan Miller (Susan Miller)

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it doesn't happen with all my projects, but the one that caused the initial problem now crashes as soon as I try to open it! I ended up starting a new project and adding the various layers from scratch (I didn't need all of the ones I had in the original project) and it is working - for now. Attached is the file that crashes on opening.

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• 11438 was configured as sa map only.qgs

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• sa map only.qgs (Susan Miller)

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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• category_id was changed from Map Composer/Printing to Project Loading/Saving
• operating_system was changed from Windows 10 64x to
• status_id was changed from Feedback to Open
• subject was changed from map composer crash when editing grid to QGIS crashes on project load
• description was changed from program crashes at various stages of grid editing in map composer. "crash dumped" window pops up. "minidump written to C: and then folder location"

this was happening in version 2.18.7 so I upgraded to 2.18.13, but this has not fixed the problem. Crash dump file is too large to upload. to new description: https://issues.qgis.org/issues/17169#note-2

old description:
program crashes at various stages of grid editing in map composer. "crash dumped" window pops up. "minidump written to C: and then folder location"

this was happening in version 2.18.7 so I upgraded to 2.18.13, but this has not fixed the problem. Crash dump file is too large to upload.

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Author Name: Susan Miller (Susan Miller)

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now it is happening repeatedly. I made a(nother) map of this project after I couldn't get into the last one and it worked fine until I tried to reopen it. I have customised the grid coordinates as suggested here:
https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/255861/adding-a-space-in-the-draw-coordinates-decimal-with-suffix-in-qgis-v2-18-7

and reduced the gridlines to ticks as suggested here:
https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/91612/adding-graticules-to-the-edge-of-the-map-only-in-qgis

is it possible one of these steps is causing the problem? I've never had this sort of issues before trying to customise the grid and coordinates.

Attached is the latest faulty file.

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• 11456 was configured as sept_saonly.qgs

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• sept_saonly.qgs (Susan Miller)

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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is it possible one of these steps is causing the problem? I've never had this sort of issues before trying to customise the grid and coordinates.~

can you consistently replicate the problem after those steps?

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• status_id was changed from Open to Feedback

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Author Name: Susan Miller (Susan Miller)

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the first step seems fine (I saved and reopened successfully), but the reducing of the gridlines to ticks as suggested here:
https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/91612/adding-graticules-to-the-edge-of-the-map-only-in-qgis

makes even a simple map of Africa crash dump on opening after saving. I will have to find another way to do this I guess!

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• 11457 was configured as test2.qgs

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• test2.qgs (Susan Miller)

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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Susan Miller wrote:

the first step seems fine (I saved and reopened successfully), but the reducing of the gridlines to ticks as suggested here:
https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/91612/adding-graticules-to-the-edge-of-the-map-only-in-qgis

thanks, finding a way to consistently replicate the issue is very important.

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• status_id was changed from Feedback to Open

[qgib]

Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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• subject was changed from QGIS crashes on project load to Changing grid options in print layout makes QGIS crash on subsequent project load
• description was changed from new description: https://issues.qgis.org/issues/17169#note-2

old description:
program crashes at various stages of grid editing in map composer. "crash dumped" window pops up. "minidump written to C: and then folder location"

this was happening in version 2.18.7 so I upgraded to 2.18.13, but this has not fixed the problem. Crash dump file is too large to upload. to new description:

Create a new project

Add a layer (tried with something in wgs84 here)

Create a layout, add a map object

Follow steps 1-9 from here

Save project, close QGIS. Reopen QGIS, load project > crash.

old description:
program crashes at various stages of grid editing in map composer. "crash dumped" window pops up. "minidump written to C: and then folder location"

this was happening in version 2.18.7 so I upgraded to 2.18.13, but this has not fixed the problem. Crash dump file is too large to upload.

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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Please test with QGIS 3.4 - QGIS 2.18 reached it's end of life.

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• status_id was changed from Open to Feedback

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Author Name: Nyall Dawson (@nyalldawson)

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• status_id was changed from Feedback to Closed
• resolution was changed from to no timely feedback