Window of blink module behaving strange

[Jeroen Moonen]

I use PixInsight on a iMac running 10.11.6 and was using the blink module. When I touched the mouse and (accidentally) scrolled, I got a error message and the Blink-window stretched out way under the bottom of my screen and I'm not able to resize it back. The buttons located at the bottom of the window are now out of sight. Even re-installing PI doesn't work, probably the size of the window is stored somewhere.  I a 2 screenshot from the Blink-window and the error message is this:

Critical signal caught (11): Segmentation violation


PixInsight 01.08.05.1352 - Critical Signal Backtrace
Signal : 11
Module : 0   PixInsight                          0x0000000104d89bf2 PixInsight + 17161202
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40: 1   libsystem_platform.dylib            0x00007fff9707252a _sigtramp + 26
39: 2                                    0x0000000700000000 0x0 + 30064771072
38: 3   Blink-pxm.dylib                     0x000000013bc2ad96 _ZN3pcl14BlinkInterface9BlinkData4PrevEv + 102
37: 4   Blink-pxm.dylib                     0x000000013bc72314 _ZN3pcl22ControlEventDispatcher10MouseWheelEPvS1_iiijj + 84
36: 5   PixInsight                          0x0000000104beb743 PixInsight + 15464259
35: 6   QtWidgets                           0x000000010b60a2fd _ZN7QWidget5eventEP6QEvent + 1309
34: 7   QtWidgets                           0x000000010b6fdbfd _ZN6QFrame5eventEP6QEvent + 45
33: 8   QtWidgets                           0x000000010b7888f7 _ZN19QAbstractScrollArea13viewportEventEP6QEvent + 135
32: 9   QtWidgets                           0x000000010b8418d9 _ZN17QAbstractItemView13viewportEventEP6QEvent + 1433
31: 10  QtWidgets                           0x000000010b883a45 _ZN9QTreeView13viewportEventEP6QEvent + 517
30: 11  QtWidgets                           0x000000010b789494 _ZN19QAbstractScrollArea11qt_metacallEN11QMetaObject4CallEiPPv + 388
29: 12  QtCore                              0x000000010c4ba6bb _ZN23QCoreApplicationPrivate29sendThroughObjectEventFiltersEP7QObjectP6QEvent + 203
28: 13  QtWidgets                           0x000000010b5cfaa8 _ZN19QApplicationPrivate13notify_helperEP7QObjectP6QEvent + 280
27: 14  QtWidgets                           0x000000010b5d3605 _ZN12QApplication6notifyEP7QObjectP6QEvent + 10581
26: 15  PixInsight                          0x0000000103e76166 PixInsight + 1352038
25: 16  QtCore                              0x000000010c4ba424 _ZN16QCoreApplication15notifyInternal2EP7QObjectP6QEvent + 164
24: 17  QtWidgets                           0x000000010b62c3ea _ZN14QDesktopWidget11qt_metacallEN11QMetaObject4CallEiPPv + 13610
23: 18  QtWidgets                           0x000000010b62a20f _ZN14QDesktopWidget11qt_metacallEN11QMetaObject4CallEiPPv + 4943
22: 19  QtWidgets                           0x000000010b5cfabd _ZN19QApplicationPrivate13notify_helperEP7QObjectP6QEvent + 301
21: 20  QtWidgets                           0x000000010b5d0e37 _ZN12QApplication6notifyEP7QObjectP6QEvent + 391
20: 21  PixInsight                          0x0000000103e76166 PixInsight + 1352038
19: 22  QtCore                              0x000000010c4ba424 _ZN16QCoreApplication15notifyInternal2EP7QObjectP6QEvent + 164
18: 23  QtGui                               0x000000010bbe193e _ZN22QGuiApplicationPrivate17processWheelEventEPN29QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate10WheelEventE + 846
17: 24  QtGui                               0x000000010bbc7e5b _ZN22QWindowSystemInterface22sendWindowSystemEventsE6QFlagsIN10QEventLoop17ProcessEventsFlagEE + 155
16: 25  libqcocoa.dylib                     0x000000011080f0f1 qt_plugin_instance + 130817
15: 26  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8edbe7e1 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 17
14: 27  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8ed9df0c __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 556
13: 28  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8ed9d42f __CFRunLoopRun + 927
12: 29  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8ed9ce28 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 296
11: 30  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff8bb37935 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 235
10: 31  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff8bb37677 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 184
9: 32  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff8bb375af _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71
8: 33  AppKit                              0x00007fffa0141df6 _DPSNextEvent + 1067
7: 34  AppKit                              0x00007fffa0141226 -[NSApplication _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 454
6: 35  AppKit                              0x00007fffa0135d80 -[NSApplication run] + 682
5: 36  libqcocoa.dylib                     0x000000011080de33 qt_plugin_instance + 126019
4: 37  QtCore                              0x000000010c4b60d1 _ZN10QEventLoop4execE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE + 417
3: 38  QtCore                              0x000000010c4baa97 _ZN16QCoreApplication4execEv + 343
2: 39  PixInsight                          0x0000000103e87826 PixInsight + 1423398
1: 40  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff9e03b5ad start + 1
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[MikeOates]

Did you get this problem solved? if not, try...

Click and drag the title bar of the blink window, drag it to the left. This should then show the scroll bar of the PI window. Scroll right down to the bottom then click/drag the bottom of the blink window up to get it back to the normal size.

Mike

[Jeroen Moonen]

Hello Mike,

I tried your suggestion but it did not solve the problem. No matter where I place the Blink window, I don't get to see a scrollbar.
It's a very annoying problem since I use the blink process at every start of my preprocessing. Reinstalling PI doesn't solve it either,
looks like my iMac is keeping track of the program, even when it's removed.

Jeroen

[Jeroen Moonen]

I found the solution on this one. If you place the program icon in the dock and hold down the CTRL key while clicking it, you get an small menu.
If you choose to open the program then all of the program will restart with all the default settings.