# Find function crashes Kstars

**URL:** <https://forum.indilib.org/t/find-function-crashes-kstars/10925>\
**Category:** Ekos\
**Created:** [November 12, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.indilib.org/t/find-function-crashes-kstars/10925 "2022-11-12T15:42:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![lennyk](https://forum.indilib.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@lennyk](https://forum.indilib.org/u/lennyk)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.indilib.org/t/find-function-crashes-kstars/10925/1 "2022-11-12T15:42:42Z")

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Hey Folks,  
I have found that since I updated my Kstars to the most recent stable release yesterday. When I launch the find tool or crash’s Kstars.

Has anyone else experienced this ?

Thanks.  
Lenny

Linux box on Ubuntu 22.04

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**Author:** ![jerry](https://forum.indilib.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jerry](https://forum.indilib.org/u/jerry)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.indilib.org/t/find-function-crashes-kstars/10925/2 "2022-11-12T20:17:01Z")

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It crashes for me too, either 3.6.1 stable or the latest 3.6.2 beta Build: 2022-11-12T19:43:35Z. on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS

I’ll see if I can produce a debug output.

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**Author:** ![G\_Gagnon](https://forum.indilib.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@G\_Gagnon](https://forum.indilib.org/u/G_Gagnon)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.indilib.org/t/find-function-crashes-kstars/10925/3 "2022-11-12T21:56:41Z")

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It happened to me with earlier releases of KStars but has not happened yet on the 3.6.2 beta I’m running now. From what I remember, “find tool” KStars crashes did not always happen but was a kind of hit-and-miss thing, it could crash Kstars if I used the find button but not the ctrl-f keyboard shortcut and vice-versa. It was then crashing more often than not though. IIRC I think someone looked at the problem a few months ago but I don’t remember about the details.

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**Author:** ![jerry](https://forum.indilib.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jerry](https://forum.indilib.org/u/jerry)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.indilib.org/t/find-function-crashes-kstars/10925/4 "2022-11-12T22:20:24Z")

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So I just did a  
sudo apt-get -y install ekos-debugger  
sudo apt-get -y install gdb  
ekosdebugger

and chose the stable release and then my latest compile from source (as in my previous post) to launch in ekosdebugger. Both launched without a problem and the Find function worked.  
After that, launching them without using the debugger also worked (i.e. the find Function worked).

Not sure what the installs tweaked, but something was kicked into working.

Cheers  
Jerry