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Viscm crashes on launch

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
matplotlib, python

Research direction

The reported entry point is python -m viscm view jet; first reproduce it and inspect the two QSettings empty-key warnings alongside the segmentation fault. Done means the command launches without crashing and displays the requested colormap.

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Description

QSettings::value: Empty key passed
QSettings::value: Empty key passed
KCrash: crashing... crashRecursionCounter = 2
KCrash: Application Name = python3.7 path = /usr/bin pid = 9999
KCrash: Arguments: [1]    9999 segmentation fault (core dumped)  python -m viscm view jet
Dominant language
Python
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