Qt Creator 16.0.0 is crashing when opening cpp files

mithune0000 · 4 Oct 2025, 06:01

@aha_1980 I might be asking very naive question, please forgive me for that. From gdb did you mean apply any settings in this screen and then run ./qtcreator ? Or can I run using some arguments to qtcreator which will provide debug logs?

aha_1980 · 4 Oct 2025, 06:05

@mithune0000

No, I meant to run from a terminal gdb /path/to/qtcreator and then let qtcreator run (type run in the gdb console) until it crashes. From there, you can request a stack trace (called backtrace in gdb) which could give some more insight why it is crashing.

mithune0000

@aha_1980 This is what I have found, does it help ?

Thread 1 "qtcreator" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff69f8d94 in ?? () from /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Gui.so.6
(gdb) backtrace
#0  0x00007ffff69f8d94 in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Gui.so.6
#1  0x00007ffff69fbd25 in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Gui.so.6
#2  0x00007ffff6a03428 in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Gui.so.6
#3  0x00007ffff5f7d47a in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.8/6.8.2/gcc_64/lib/libQt6DBus.so.6
#4  0x00007ffff5f80952 in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.8/6.8.2/gcc_64/lib/libQt6DBus.so.6
#5  0x00007ffff59d1668 in QObject::event(QEvent*) () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#6  0x00007ffff71907a6 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Widgets.so.6
#7  0x00007ffff597bc32 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#8  0x00007ffff597f1ad in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int, QThreadData*) () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#9  0x00007ffff5c584c7 in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#10 0x00007ffff5710397 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#11 0x00007ffff5770dc7 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#12 0x00007ffff570f8b3 in g_main_context_iteration () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#13 0x00007ffff5c57b8e in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#14 0x00007ffff598830b in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#15 0x00007ffff59842f6 in QCoreApplication::exec() () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#16 0x000000000041034f in ??? ()
#17 0x00007ffff502a3b8 in __libc_start_call_main (main=main@entry=0x40c490, argc=argc@entry=1, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffdb48) at ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58
#18 0x00007ffff502a47b in __libc_start_main_impl
    (main=0x40c490, argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffdb48, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fffffffdb38) at ../csu/libc-start.c:360
#19 0x0000000000410a0e in ??? ()

aha_1980

@mithune0000 Yes, that's what I wanted to see. Please create a report at bugreports.qt.io and append this trace.

Thanks!

Christian Ehrlicher

@mithune0000 said in Qt Creator 16.0.0 is crashing when opening cpp files:

#2 0x00007ffff6a03428 in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Gui.so.6
#3 0x00007ffff5f7d47a in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.8/6.8.2/gcc_64/lib/libQt6DBus.so.6

As you can see there is a mixture of different Qt versions. Fix your LD_LIBRARY_PATH so that te correct (Qt6.9) Qt libs are always loaded.

mithune0000

Few things I observed in the stack trace -

From Qt6.9 its going and running libraries from Qt6.8 may be because I have env vars set in ~/.zshrc

#3  0x00007ffff5f7d47a in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.8/6.8.2/gcc_64/lib/libQt6DBus.so.6
#4  0x00007ffff5f80952 in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.8/6.8.2/gcc_64/lib/libQt6DBus.so.6

ENV vars

export PATH=$PATH:/home/mithun/Qt6.8/6.8.2/gcc_64/bin
export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/home/mithun/Qt6.8/6.8.2/gcc_64:$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/mithun/Qt6.8/6.8.2/gcc_64/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/home/mithun/Qt6.8/6.8.2/gcc_64/plugins
export QML2_IMPORT_PATH=/home/mithun/Qt6.8/6.8.2/gcc_64/qml

Now, I changed the env vars to point to Qt6.9 and tried running gdb ./qtcreator, then I am getting following error /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/qtcreator: /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6: version 'Qt_6.9' not found (required by /home/mithun/Qt6.9/6.9.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6DBus.so.6)

export PATH=$PATH:/home/mithun/Qt6.9/6.9.0/gcc_64/bin
export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/home/mithun/Qt6.9/6.9.0/gcc_64:$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/mithun/Qt6.9/6.9.0/gcc_64/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/home/mithun/Qt6.9/6.9.0/gcc_64/plugins
export QML2_IMPORT_PATH=/home/mithun/Qt6.9/6.9.0/gcc_64/qml

Christian Ehrlicher · 4 Oct 2025, 06:45

Don't set any LD_LIBRARY_PATH globally - you must not mix up different Qt versions or installations and it only makes trouble (as you can see).

mithune0000

@Christian-Ehrlicher I tried few options -

Remove LD_LIBRARY_PATH, source zshrc and run qt creator.
Remove all the envs related to Qt, source zshrc and run

Still getting the same error /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/qtcreator: /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6: version 'Qt_6.9' not found (required by /home/mithun/Qt6.9/6.9.0/gcc_64/lib/libQt6DBus.so.6)

Can it happen that during Qt installation, these path are set and now removing from zshrc is not taking the effect ?

ziller

You have to either close and reopen the terminal to make any removal of environment variables from zshrc effective, or need to "unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH" in that terminal/shell manually.

mithune0000

Even after fixing the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, its crashing

Thread 1 "qtcreator" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff69f8d94 in ?? () from /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Gui.so.6
(gdb) backtrace
#0  0x00007ffff69f8d94 in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Gui.so.6
#1  0x00007ffff69fbd25 in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Gui.so.6
#2  0x00007ffff6a03428 in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Gui.so.6
#3  0x00007ffff5f7d47a in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6DBus.so.6
#4  0x00007ffff5f80952 in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6DBus.so.6
#5  0x00007ffff59d1668 in QObject::event(QEvent*) () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#6  0x00007ffff71907a6 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Widgets.so.6
#7  0x00007ffff597bc32 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#8  0x00007ffff597f1ad in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int, QThreadData*) () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#9  0x00007ffff5c584c7 in ??? () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#10 0x00007ffff5710397 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#11 0x00007ffff5770dc7 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#12 0x00007ffff570f8b3 in g_main_context_iteration () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#13 0x00007ffff5c57b8e in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#14 0x00007ffff598830b in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#15 0x00007ffff59842f6 in QCoreApplication::exec() () at /home/mithun/Qt6.9/Tools/QtCreator/bin/../lib/Qt/lib/libQt6Core.so.6
#16 0x000000000041034f in ??? ()
#17 0x00007ffff502a3b8 in __libc_start_call_main (main=main@entry=0x40c490, argc=argc@entry=1, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffdc98) at ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58
#18 0x00007ffff502a47b in __libc_start_main_impl
    (main=0x40c490, argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffdc98, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fffffffdc88) at ../csu/libc-start.c:360
#19 0x0000000000410a0e in ??? ()

Christian Ehrlicher

Then please install the debug symbols for QtCreator (through the maintainance tool) so the backtrace is more useful. Thx.

JoeCFD

Maybe switch to Xorg and try it out as well to see if there is any crash. If not, file a bug report specifically for Wayland.

Christian Ehrlicher

@JoeCFD said in Qt Creator 16.0.0 is crashing when opening cpp files:

file a bug report specifically for Wayland.

When you look at the backtrace you see it's crashing inside QtGui, no wayland plugin anywhere... but we need debug symbols to see what happens.

mithune0000

I uninstalled all the version and reinstalled the latest version using installer, it seems to be working better. I am gonna keep an eye on it, if it happens again, I will open this thread again.