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diff --git a/doc/readme-qt.rst b/doc/readme-qt.rst index b7f0d2c1f8..090177321e 100644 --- a/doc/readme-qt.rst +++ b/doc/readme-qt.rst @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Bitcoin-qt: Qt4 based GUI replacement for Bitcoin -================================================= +Bitcoin-qt: Qt4 GUI for Bitcoin +=============================== Features ======== @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Berkely DB version warning A warning for people using the *static binary* version of Bitcoin on a Linux/UNIX-ish system (tl;dr: **Berkely DB databases are not forward compatible**). -The static binary version of Bitcoin is linked against libdb4.7 or libdb4.8 (see also `this Debian issue`_). +The static binary version of Bitcoin is linked against libdb4.8 (see also `this Debian issue`_). Now the nasty thing is that databases from 5.X are not compatible with 4.X. @@ -160,3 +160,19 @@ and 4.X cannot open the new format. This means that you cannot go back to the ol significant hassle! .. _`this Debian issue`: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621425 + +Ubuntu 11.10 warning +==================== + +Ubuntu 11.10 has a package called 'qt-at-spi' installed by default. At the time of writing, having that package +installed causes bitcoin-qt to crash intermittently. The issue has been reported as `launchpad bug 857790`_, but +isn't yet fixed. + +Until the bug is fixed, you can remove the qt-at-spi package to work around the problem, though this will presumably +disable screen reader functionality for Qt apps: + +:: + + sudo apt-get remove qt-at-spi + +.. _`launchpad bug 857790`: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt-at-spi/+bug/857790 |