On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:47:35 +0100, Arnold Kester
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Stata 8 (10 jan 2005) on red hat linux 7.1
>
> I have repeatedly crashed xstata by starting xstata from an xterm,
>
> then giving the stata command -cd driveD/data-
> choose "search" from the help menu
> type "foo" in the search text
> enter to start search; the search says: "No search results found for "foo"
> click OK
> Crash; the xstata window disappears without a trace.
>
> If I do anything between opening stata and the cd, the crash doesn't
> happen.
>
> The crash is not specific to the search word(s), only to nothing being
> found.
>
> The crash is not specific to the directory where I cd to.
>
I have followed the steps you describe and am unable to replicate the problem.
Distribution slackware 9.1
Kernel version 2.6.9 (custom compile)
Stata born 10 Jan 05
HTH's
Neil
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