stellarium freezes the computer each time it started

Please try rename a Stellarium's user directory: mv ~/.stellarium ~/.stellarium.old

P.S. You can use our PPA for getting version 0.12.6: https://launchpad.net/~alexwolf/+archive/ubuntu/stellarium-12-releases

Hi,
Thank You for your quick answer.
#1
   mv .stellarium .stellarium.old
   started stellarium
   freezed
   after restart, there is no a new .stellarium directory that was created

#2
  added ppa and upgraded to 0.12.6
  Yes! good solution.
  fyi, the log of stellarium when it starts:

$ stellarium
Using default graphics system specified at build time: raster
User config directory does not exist: "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium"
Creating directory "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium"
Creating directory "/home/xxxxx/Pictures/Stellarium"
 -------------------------------------------------------
[ This is Stellarium 0.12.6 - http://www.stellarium.org ]
[ Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Fabien Chereau et al ]
 -------------------------------------------------------
Writing log file to: "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/log.txt"
File search paths:
  0 . "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium"
  1 . "/usr/share/stellarium"
Config file "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/config.ini" does not exist. Copying the default file.
Config file is: "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/config.ini"
Going to initialize the OpenGL 2 renderer
OpenGL supported version: "3.0 Mesa 10.5.9"
Qt GL paint engine is: "OpenGL2"
GL vendor is "Intel Open Source Technology Center"
GL renderer is "Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) "
Log of the compilation of builtin shader " plainShader " : "Built successfully"
Log of the compilation of builtin shader " colorShader " : "Built successfully"
Log of the compilation of builtin shader " textureShader " : "Built successfully"
Log of the compilation of builtin shader " colorTextureShader " : "Built successfully"
Cache directory is: "/home/xxxxx/.cache/stellarium/stellarium"
Sky language is "en_US"
Application language is "en_US"
Loading Solar System data ...
Loaded 75 / 75 planet orbits from "/usr/share/stellarium/data/ssystem.ini"
Could not find the starsConfig.json file: will copy the default one.
Creating directory "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/stars/default"
Creates file "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/stars/default/starsConfig.json"
Loading star data ...
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_0_0v0_5.cat": 0_0v0_2; 4963"
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_1_0v0_5.cat": 1_0v0_2; 21598"
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_2_0v0_5.cat": 2_0v0_2; 150090"
"Loading "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/stars_3_1v0_3.cat": 3_1v0_3; 428466"
Finished loading star catalogue data, max_geodesic_level: 3
navigation/preset_sky_time is a double - treating as jday: 2.45151e+06
Loaded 10051 NGC records
Loading NGC name data ...
Loaded 421 / 421 NGC name records successfully
Loading star names from "/usr/share/stellarium/skycultures/western/star_names.fab"
Loaded 308 / 308 common star names
Loading star names from "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/name.fab"
Loaded 4359 / 4359 scientific star names
Loading variable stars from "/usr/share/stellarium/stars/default/gcvs_hip_part.dat"
Loaded 6886 / 6886 variable stars
Loaded 88 / 88 constellation records successfully for culture "western"
Loaded 85 / 85 constellation art records successfully for culture "western"
Loaded 89 / 89 constellation names
Loading constellation boundary data ...
Loaded 782 constellation boundary segments
Not using any viewport effect
Creating GUI ...
Loading shortcuts...
shortcuts.json doesn't exist, copying default...
Creating directory "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/data/"
Creating file "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/data/shortcuts.json"
Can't find plugin with id "RendererStatistics"
Can't find plugin with id "RendererStatistics"
Loaded plugin "Oculars" .
Ocular plugin - press Command-O to toggle eyepiece view mode. Press ALT-o for configuration.
Creating directory "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/modules/Oculars"
Oculars::validateIniFile copied default_ocular.ini to "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/modules/Oculars/ocular.ini"
Loaded plugin "Satellites" .
Creating directory "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/modules/Satellites"
Satellites::init satellites.json does not exist - copying default file to "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/modules/Satellites/satellites.json"
Satellites::init copied default satellites.json to "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/modules/Satellites/satellites.json"
Satellites: loading catalog file: "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/modules/Satellites/satellites.json"
Satellite has invalid orbit: "DELTA 1 R/B" "08063"
Satellite has invalid orbit: "SL-3 R/B" "10861"
Satellite has invalid orbit: "COSMOS 1220" "12054"
Satellite has invalid orbit: "SL-8 R/B" "29659"
Satellite has invalid orbit: "TIANGONG 1" "37820"
Loaded plugin "SolarSystemEditor" .
Trying to copy ssystem.ini to "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/data/ssystem.ini"
Warning can't find module called "TimeZoneConfiguration" .
Loaded plugin "TimeZoneConfiguration" .
Simple planet shader build log: "Built successfully"
Shadow planet shader build log: "Built successfully"
Using vertex shader for atmosphere rendering.
Atmosphere shader build log: "Built successfully"
Build log after adding a Mat4d transform shader: "Built successfully"
Build log after adding a stereographic projection shader: "Built successfully"
Satellites: starting Internet update...
Satellite added: "15494" "COSMOS 1626"
Satellite added: "25732" "CZ-4B R/B"
Satellite added: "27432" "CZ-4B R/B"
Satellite added: "39271" "CUSAT 2 & FALCON 9 R/B"
Satellite added: "25994" "TERRA"
Satellites: purging objects that were not updated...
Satellite removed: "27846" "AAU CUBESAT"
Satellite removed: "23768" "ABS-1A"
Satellite removed: "22796" "ACTS"
Satellite removed: "23765" "AFRICASAT-1 (MEASAT-1)"
Satellite removed: "25516" "AMC-5 (GE-5)"
Satellite removed: "37950" "AMOS-5"
Satellite removed: "23185" "APSTAR 1"
Satellite removed: "23943" "APSTAR 1A"
Satellite removed: "22653" "ASTRA 1C"
Satellite removed: "23686" "ASTRA 1E"
Satellite removed: "30778" "ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B"
Satellite removed: "37854" "AUBIESAT-1 (AO-71)"
Satellite removed: "34779" "BEIDOU G2"
Satellite removed: "25546" "BONUM-1"
Satellite removed: "27830" "BSAT-2C"
Satellite removed: "38051" "CHIBIS-M (RS-39)"
Satellite removed: "25404" "CHINASAT 5B (ZX 5B)"
Satellite removed: "20322" "COBE"
Satellite removed: "29678" "COROT"
Satellite removed: "12054" "COSMOS 1220"
Satellite removed: "13402" "COSMOS 1400"
Satellite removed: "20693" "COSMOS 2085"
Satellite removed: "21111" "COSMOS 2133"
Satellite removed: "22269" "COSMOS 2224"
Satellite removed: "25315" "COSMOS 2350"
Satellite removed: "26394" "COSMOS 2371"
Satellite removed: "33108" "COSMOS 2440"
Satellite removed: "38101" "COSMOS 2479"
Satellite removed: "24798" "DFH 3-2"
Satellite removed: "25937" "DIRECTV 1R"
Satellite removed: "23192" "DIRECTV 2 (DBS 2)"
Satellite removed: "28375" "ECHO (AO-51)"
Satellite removed: "24313" "ECHOSTAR 2"
Satellite removed: "12309" "ESIAFI 1 (COMSTAR 4)"
Satellite removed: "25237" "EUTELSAT 16B"
Satellite removed: "25673" "EUTELSAT 21A"
Satellite removed: "25495" "EUTELSAT 25A"
Satellite removed: "27554" "EUTELSAT 25C"
Satellite removed: "31577" "EUTELSAT 3A"
Satellite removed: "26098" "EXPRESS-A2"
Satellite removed: "28463" "EXPRESS-AM1"
Satellite removed: "33596" "EXPRESS-MD1"
Satellite removed: "28451" "FENGYUN 2C"
Satellite removed: "25626" "GALAXY 26 (G-26)"
Satellite removed: "26089" "GARUDA 1"
Satellite removed: "28922" "GIOVE-A"
Satellite removed: "32781" "GIOVE-B"
Satellite removed: "22245" "GORIZONT 27"
Satellite removed: "22014" "GPS BIIA-14 (PRN 26)"
Satellite removed: "22700" "GPS BIIA-21 (PRN 09)"
Satellite removed: "22779" "GPS BIIA-22 (PRN 30)"
Satellite removed: "22877" "GPS BIIA-23 (PRN 04)"
Satellite removed: "23027" "GPS BIIA-24 (PRN 06)"
Satellite removed: "23833" "GPS BIIA-25 (PRN 03)"
Satellite removed: "23953" "GPS BIIA-26 (PRN 10)"
Satellite removed: "25030" "GPS BIIA-28 (PRN 08)"
Satellite removed: "15677" "GSTAR 1"
Satellite removed: "19483" "GSTAR 3"
Satellite removed: "25126" "HGS-1 (ASIASAT 3)"
Satellite removed: "25050" "INDOSTAR 1"
Satellite removed: "20918" "INMARSAT 2-F1"
Satellite removed: "21149" "INMARSAT 2-F2"
Satellite removed: "27951" "INSAT-3E"
Satellite removed: "23571" "INTELSAT 706 (IS-706)"
Satellite removed: "23915" "INTELSAT 709 (IS-709)"
Satellite removed: "24742" "INTELSAT 801 (IS-801)"
Satellite removed: "13777" "IRAS"
Satellite removed: "27550" "JB-3 2 (ZY 2B)"
Satellite removed: "20410" "LEASAT 5"
Satellite removed: "08747" "LES 9"
Satellite removed: "23680" "LUCH 1"
Satellite removed: "23305" "NSS-703"
Satellite removed: "20439" "PACSAT (AO-16)"
Satellite removed: "14129" "PHASE 3B (AO-10)"
Satellite removed: "23448" "RADUGA 32"
Satellite removed: "26477" "RADUGA-1 5"
Satellite removed: "34264" "RADUGA-1 8"
Satellite removed: "32373" "RADUGA-1M 1"
Satellite removed: "37853" "RAX-2"
Satellite removed: "13631" "SATCOM C5"
Satellite removed: "25509" "SEDSAT 1 (SO-33)"
Satellite removed: "26694" "SICRAL 1"
Satellite removed: "34810" "SICRAL 1B"
Satellite removed: "25492" "SIRIUS 3"
Satellite removed: "10861" "SL-3 R/B"
Satellite removed: "11933" "SL-3 R/B"
Satellite removed: "12389" "SL-8 R/B"
Satellite removed: "14484" "SL-8 R/B"
Satellite removed: "29659" "SL-8 R/B"
Satellite removed: "22911" "SOLIDARIDAD 1"
Satellite removed: "23313" "SOLIDARIDAD 2"
Satellite removed: "25460" "ST-1"
Satellite removed: "33498" "STARS"
Satellite removed: "35870" "SUMBANDILA (SO-67)"
Satellite removed: "25636" "SUNSAT (SO-35)"
Satellite removed: "24880" "SUPERBIRD-A3"
Satellite removed: "23670" "TELSTAR 4 (TELSTAR 402R)"
Satellite removed: "26724" "XM-2 (ROCK)"
Satellite removed: "28094" "YAMAL 201"
Satellite removed: "28082" "ZHONGXING-20"
Satellites: 100 satellites proposed for removal, 100 removed, 639 remain.
Satellites::saveTleMap() writing to: "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/modules/Satellites/satellites.json"
Satellites: update finished. 634 / 734 updated, 5 added, 100 missing or removed. 895 source entries parsed.
Unloaded plugin "TimeZoneConfiguration" .
Unloaded plugin "SolarSystemEditor" .
Unloaded plugin "Satellites" .
Unloaded plugin "Oculars" .
Downloaded 0 files (0 kbytes) in a session of 79.543 sec (average of 0 kB/s + 0 files from cache (0 kB)).

Thanks Alexander Wolf, that solved my question.

BTW, your hardware should be able to use the current 0.14 series.

BTW this morning I play more with the 0.12.6 .. and same behavior ... freezed.

Where is the 0.14 series?

Thanks for your help
Phil

Are you added some stuff (like comets or satellites) into Stellarium?

Hint: https://code.launchpad.net/~stellarium/+recipe/stellarium-release-0-14-lts

Hi,
no ... nothing, only stellarium.
This morning I removed all stellarium and stellarium-data packages. The package ttf-dejavu-core was also removed automaticaly.
Then I renamed ~/.stellarium to ~/.stellarium.old2
I installed stellarium and steallarium-data ($ sudo apt-get install stellarium stellarium-data)
it is version :
$ stellarium -v
Using default graphics system specified at build time: raster
Stellarium 0.12.6

and made some tests ...
#1 run stellarium and go through menus, options after seconds or maximum one minute ... freezed

#2 run stellarium and do nothing .. so it is only display the sky and the sun. It runs Ok
     However as soon as I use the mouse and go to menus ... freezed

I tested from another computer, as soon as stellarium freezed, the computer is really freezed too .. no more ping ...

what can I do to help you find this problem?
Previously stellarium ran ok on a lenovo T420 under also ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS.

Many thanks for your help.

Can you disable all plugins in ~/.stellarium/config.ini and check it again?

Alex, is V0.14 available for Ubuntu 14.04? The Intel HD5500 clearly should be able to run it.

>Alex, is V0.14 available for Ubuntu 14.04? The Intel HD5500 clearly should be able to run it.

Yes, it available, but without Scenery3D plugin.

Hi,
the contents before modification:
[plugins_load_at_startup]
AngleMeasure = false
CompassMarks = false
Exoplanets = false
FOV = false
NavStars = false
Novae = false
Observability = false
Oculars = true
Pulsars = false
Quasars = false
Satellites = true
SolarSystemEditor = true
Supernovae = false
TelescopeControl = false
TextUserInterface = false
TimeZoneConfiguration = true

I replaced all (4) the true by false.

When stellarium starts:
Can't find plugin with id "RendererStatistics"

until now, it is ok. I post this comment and play a little with stellarium.
will keep in touch in a few minutes.
Thank you
Phil

clearly it seems better, more

sorry for the next question ... I tryed to download the file to have more stars but I got:

ASSERT: "starCatalogDownloadReply->bytesAvailable()==0" in file /build/buildd/stellarium-0.12.6/src/gui/ConfigurationDialog.cpp, line 1027

however ... stellarium crashed.
in /var/crash this file:
19850152 déc. 29 19:55 _usr_bin_stellarium.1000.crash

file /var/crash/_usr_bin_stellarium.1000.crash
/var/crash/_usr_bin_stellarium.1000.crash: ASCII text, with very long lines
or gzip -9 _usr_bin_stellarium.1000.crash
12545997 déc. 29 19:55 _usr_bin_stellarium.1000.crash.gz

Where can I upload the file?

Thank You
Phil

Please try apply this patch: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~stellarium/stellarium/0.14/revision/8002

oups, sorry how to apply this patch?
I downloaded:
        138560953 déc. 30 09:02 ~stellarium_stellarium_0.14-r8002.tgz
and
        1025 déc. 30 09:44 8002_8001.diff

do I have to recompile all?
Thank You.

Yes, you should recompile it after applied of the patch.

Or you can try use 0.14.1 (https://code.launchpad.net/~stellarium/+archive/ubuntu/stellarium-releases)

I downloaded:
stellarium_0.14.1.orig.tar.gz 132.9 MiB
but didn't find the binary (ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS trusty)

I followed http://stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Compilation_on_Linux but got errors, I think I have some packages to install like "libqt5core5a - Qt 5 core module"

~/Downloads/stellarium-0.14.1/builds/unix$ cmake ../..
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:213 (FIND_PACKAGE):
  By not providing "FindQt5Core.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
  asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "Qt5Core", but
  CMake did not find one.

  Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Qt5Core" with any
  of the following names:

    Qt5CoreConfig.cmake
    qt5core-config.cmake

  Add the installation prefix of "Qt5Core" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
  "Qt5Core_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If
  "Qt5Core" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has
  been installed.

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

Thank you for your patience.

I did already.
what must be done is to remove all stellarium and stellarium-data packages , then apt-get purge it,
then install both.

$ stellarium -v
Stellarium 0.14.1

Ok

...
Loading constellation boundary data ...
Loaded 782 constellation boundary segments
Initializing basic GL shaders...
Creating GUI ...
Downloading file "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/stellarium/Extra-data-files/stars4/stars_4_1v0_1.cat"
Found file "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/stars/default/stars_4_1v0_1.cat" , checking md5sum..
MD5 sum correct!
"Loading "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/stars/default/stars_4_1v0_1.cat": 4_1v0_3; 1702042"
Downloading file "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/stellarium/Extra-data-files/stars5/stars_5_2v0_1.cat"
Found file "/home/xxxxxx/.stellarium/stars/default/stars_5_2v0_1.cat" , checking md5sum..
MD5 sum correct!
"Loading "/home/xxxxx/.stellarium/stars/default/stars_5_2v0_1.cat": 5_2v0_1; 7083058"

Seems very good.
Many thanks for your patience and help.
Happy New Year to all the developers !
Phil

Thanks Alexander Wolf, that solved my question.