Maniphest T47924

User Preferences crashes on CTRL-ALT-U or File>User Preferences. Able to reach User Preferences only by selecting User Preferences in the Window Type Menu in the header below the main editing window.
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Thomas Dinges (dingto)
Authored By
Ronald Smith (ronaldrsmith)
Mar 25 2016, 2:18 AM
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  • Add-ons (Community)
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Thomas Dinges (dingto)

Description

System Information
Model: Hp Pavilion dv6
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Cpu T6600 @ 2.2 Ghz
Memory: 4 GB
Type: 64 bit
Display Adaptor: Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family

Blender Version
Broken: Blender 2.77 released 2016-03-18 12:34 Hash 22a2853

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User Preferences crashes on CTRL-ALT-U or File>User Preferences. Able to reach User Preferences only by selecting User Preferences in the Window Type Menu in the header below the main editing window.

Related Objects

Mentioned Here
T6600: Blender crashes when starting Game Engine
rB22a2853b5d56: Blender 2.77: Point submodules to an updated hashes

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Ronald Smith (ronaldrsmith) created this task.Mar 25 2016, 2:18 AM
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Thomas Dinges (dingto) changed the task status from Unknown Status to Archived.Mar 25 2016, 11:34 AM
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That is a known issue on old Intel GPUs, which come with broken drivers. Nothing we can fix on the Blender side unfortunately.