The Built-in PDF viewer crashes 5.0.1

[johnnyschad]

I'm running 5.0.1 on a Macbook Pro (Intel).

Any time I attempt to click a skill or trait I'm prompted to establish a connection between the code letter and a PDF. Once I select the PDF to use (I've tried GURPS Characters, Dungeon Fantasy Adventurers, and Magic) the built-in PDF viewer appears on the right, there is an ominous pause as the viewer says it's referencing the page number for which I asked, then the entire program crashes to the desktop.

I'm happy to provide any information you want.

Thank you in advance for any help or insight.

[richardwilkes]

A few other people on various platforms have reported similar problems. I’m still trying to narrow it down to something I can reproduce, as none of my machines have exhibited the problem. I’m starting to think it is specific to something in the PDF that I don’t have in the PDFs I’ve tried. Can you try a smaller, non-copyrighted PDF to see if you can reproduce the issue, and if so, attach it here?

[richardwilkes]

In case it isn’t obvious, you can just use the File > Open menu to select a PDF to view, so you don’t have to link to it in a trait or anything.

[johnnyschad]

Good morning Richard, I went to Google Docs, made a one-line entry, then downloaded that file as a PDF. It too crashes CGS when I do File —> Open —> “CGS Test.pdf” I’ve attached the small PDF here. I am all too familiar with the “it works on my machine” stage of development. :) Whatever I can do to help, please let me know and thank you for all of your efforts.

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On Sep 26, 2022, at 11:33 PM, Richard Wilkes ***@***.***> wrote: A few other people on various platforms have reported similar problems. I’m still trying to narrow it down to something I can reproduce, as none of my machines have exhibited the problem. I’m starting to think it is specific to something in the PDF that I don’t have in the PDFs I’ve tried. Can you try a smaller, non-copyrighted PDF to see if you can reproduce the issue, and if so, attach it here? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#553>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A2PDBYTWUN2KIKRNVIGLLZDWAJ2IJANCNFSM6AAAAAAQWK7OSQ>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.

[richardwilkes]

I don't see the attachment. Perhaps you can DM it to me on Discord if GitHub is being uncooperative?

[johnnyschad]

On Sep 27, 2022, at 5:36 PM, Richard Wilkes ***@***.***> wrote: I don't see the attachment. Perhaps you can DM it to me on Discord if GitHub is being uncooperative

I’ll give that a shot. The email client choked on the attachment (14 meg file). If it would help, I’d be willing to set up Team Viewer for you to see the problem first-hand.

[johnnyschad]

Richard, I ran the app as my usual username, but in a terminal so that I could read any Error Output. Maybe this will help: Johnnys-MacBook-Pro-2:MacOS johnnyschad$ ./gcs panic: runtime error: gobytes: length out of range goroutine 38 [running]: github.com/richardwilkes/pdf._Cfunc_GoBytes(...) _cgo_gotypes.go:879 github.com/richardwilkes/pdf.(*Document).renderPage.func5(0x42349c7242349c72?, 0x600002614060?) ***@***.***/pdf.go:270 +0x56 github.com/richardwilkes/pdf.(*Document).renderPage(0x44aaead?, 0x600001718d80?, 0xc000196618?) ***@***.***/pdf.go:270 +0x11d github.com/richardwilkes/pdf.(*Document).RenderPage(0xc000146000, 0x0, 0xcb3, 0xc000094360?, {0xc000092e9b, 0x0}) ***@***.***/pdf.go:249 +0x1a9 github.com/richardwilkes/gcs/v5/pdf.(*PDF).render(0xc0000e4200, 0xc0001ae048) github.com/richardwilkes/gcs/v5/pdf/pdf.go:163 +0xe5 github.com/richardwilkes/gcs/v5/pdf.(*queueData).worker(0x0?) github.com/richardwilkes/gcs/v5/pdf/queue.go:90 +0x45 created by github.com/richardwilkes/gcs/v5/pdf.newQueue github.com/richardwilkes/gcs/v5/pdf/queue.go:37 +0xd6

[richardwilkes]

Yes, that is helpful. Even more helpful would be the actual .pdf that I can try against myself while in the debugger...

[johnnyschad]

Attached is the PDF I’ve (usually) been attempting to open.

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[richardwilkes]

Still no attachment. If you're doing this via email (which it looks like you might be), attachments aren't being brought through to the issue.

[johnnyschad]

On Sep 27, 2022, at 8:54 PM, Richard Wilkes ***@***.***> wrote: Still no attachment. If you're doing this via email (which it looks like you might be), attachments aren't being brought through to the issue

Odd. I thought it was small enough to pass through. I’ll send you the file through Discord.