Sigil "1.9.20" on "Qt 5.12.9" crashing on "Windows 10" - Page 3

butterfly68za · 12-29-2022, 02:57 PM

Will try the GPU setting, it is a rather oldish card GTX 1050 Ti.

No plugins, they make you lazy...

I also prefer vanilla setups and absolutely hate helper toolbars.

JSWolf · 12-29-2022, 03:11 PM

Sigil plugins do not make you lazy.

Turtle91 · 12-29-2022, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Sigil plugins do not make you lazy.

I'm preeeettttttyyyy sure that was meant as a joke....

DiapDealer · 12-29-2022, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by butterfly68za

No plugins, they make you lazy...

I also prefer vanilla setups and absolutely hate helper toolbars.

You know you can build epubs by hand, right? You don't worry about Sigil making you lazy?

butterfly68za · 12-29-2022, 07:13 PM

Was a joke, forgive me

Can't live without Sigil

I have one plugin installed, the footnote plugin. But the shut down was happening long before I recently discovered the plugin here on mobileread.

I have disabled the GPU setting, will give feedback if it still shuts down.

KevinH · 01-02-2023, 06:10 PM

To those experiencing issues in this thread, please let us know if you found what was making your Windows systems unstable and please report back on what helped for future users seeing similar issues.

butterfly68za · 01-04-2023, 04:48 PM

Disable the GPU, no random shutdowns... yet. Will notify if there is a random shutdown and add what I was doing that caused the shutdown.

KevinH · 01-04-2023, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by butterfly68za

Disable the GPU, no random shutdowns... yet. Will notify if there is a random shutdown and add what I was doing that caused the shutdown.

This is expected if your Windows update broke your gpu graphics driver. If you ever update that driver or a new Windows update fixes it, you can always try re-enabling gpu acceleration. And if still needed, disable it again.

This exact thing happened with a recent macOS update on my machine and it was eventually fixed by Apple after a few point updates about 2 months later.

Thanks for feedback.

KevinH · 01-05-2023, 11:40 AM

Did anyone else from this thread track down what was causing their systems to become unstable? if so, we would love to hear back so that others can benefit.

Thanks,

KevinH

fixer · 02-14-2023, 11:35 PM

for me I'm using a brand new windows 11 computer; i call it a slow critical error. first you must have a computer that has never had sigil on it. either through the register or completely new. after about thirty minutes of splitting files using the epub2 on 1.9.20 it will show up. if you delete and reload sigil using the same version it will show a list of errors before shutting down. i got around the error by going back two versions then going back up. it does not show the list of errors though. so i think it only shows up if computer is new or the registry is.

KevinH · 02-15-2023, 09:44 AM

Please read this thread fully. Sigil is very stable on Windows, macOS and Linux. If you are seeing frequent crashing then something on your specific systems is interfering with Sigil and causing the crash.

There are details in this thread that describe ways to track down the broken item and remove it. Even brand new Windows 11 systems can come with broken drivers, or broken third party Qt based system extensions for sound, etc.

Please try what was described here and report back on what the culprit broken driver is.

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12-29-2022, 02:57 PM	#31
butterfly68za Member Posts: 16 Karma: 9714 Join Date: Dec 2022 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Device: Android Mobile (Moon Reader+, PocketBook), Kindle 3	Will try the GPU setting, it is a rather oldish card GTX 1050 Ti. No plugins, they make you lazy... I also prefer vanilla setups and absolutely hate helper toolbars.

12-29-2022, 03:11 PM	#32
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,619 Karma: 130140792 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Sigil plugins do not make you lazy.

12-29-2022, 07:13 PM	#35
butterfly68za Member Posts: 16 Karma: 9714 Join Date: Dec 2022 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Device: Android Mobile (Moon Reader+, PocketBook), Kindle 3	Was a joke, forgive me Can't live without Sigil I have one plugin installed, the footnote plugin. But the shut down was happening long before I recently discovered the plugin here on mobileread. I have disabled the GPU setting, will give feedback if it still shuts down.

01-02-2023, 06:10 PM	#36
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,736 Karma: 5446592 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	To those experiencing issues in this thread, please let us know if you found what was making your Windows systems unstable and please report back on what helped for future users seeing similar issues.

01-04-2023, 04:48 PM	#37
butterfly68za Member Posts: 16 Karma: 9714 Join Date: Dec 2022 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Device: Android Mobile (Moon Reader+, PocketBook), Kindle 3	Disable the GPU, no random shutdowns... yet. Will notify if there is a random shutdown and add what I was doing that caused the shutdown.

01-05-2023, 11:40 AM	#39
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,736 Karma: 5446592 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Did anyone else from this thread track down what was causing their systems to become unstable? if so, we would love to hear back so that others can benefit. Thanks, KevinH

02-14-2023, 11:35 PM	#40
fixer Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2023 Device: computer	for me I'm using a brand new windows 11 computer; i call it a slow critical error. first you must have a computer that has never had sigil on it. either through the register or completely new. after about thirty minutes of splitting files using the epub2 on 1.9.20 it will show up. if you delete and reload sigil using the same version it will show a list of errors before shutting down. i got around the error by going back two versions then going back up. it does not show the list of errors though. so i think it only shows up if computer is new or the registry is.

02-15-2023, 09:44 AM	#41
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,736 Karma: 5446592 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Please read this thread fully. Sigil is very stable on Windows, macOS and Linux. If you are seeing frequent crashing then something on your specific systems is interfering with Sigil and causing the crash. There are details in this thread that describe ways to track down the broken item and remove it. Even brand new Windows 11 systems can come with broken drivers, or broken third party Qt based system extensions for sound, etc. Please try what was described here and report back on what the culprit broken driver is.