#230 Crash after Sniping / Bidding

[Frank Neurath]

I compiled version 1.3.17 from source with no apparent errors.
The program is running fine until the moment a snipe or a bid is
executed. Bidwatcher is bidding (teh auction price is raised by
me) and when the auction refreshes the program crashes. The
console reports the following messages:
--- 8< ---
2005-02-27 18:48:49] bidwatcher 1.3.17 is GPL'd and has NO
WARRANTY; press the ABOUT button for details
[2005-02-27 18:48:49] Help us: please report ALL bugs at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bidwatcher
[2005-02-27 18:50:07] Refreshing auction information
Got unknown HTML entity 'sect'
Got unknown HTML entity 'sect'
Got unknown HTML entity 'sect'
Got unknown HTML entity 'sect'
Got unknown HTML entity 'sect'
[2005-02-27 18:52:02] Pre-bid on 4530197884 SUCCEEDED:
1 at 14.51
[2005-02-27 18:52:23] Refreshing auction information
Got unknown HTML entity 'sect'
Got unknown HTML entity 'sect'
Got unknown HTML entity 'sect'
Got unknown HTML entity 'sect'
Got unknown HTML entity 'sect'
[2005-02-27 18:54:08] Bid on 4530197884 LOST: Someone
has outbid you
Speicherzugriffsfehler
--- 8< ---
N.B.: Speicherzugriffsfehler means Segentationfault

[Ryan Watkins]

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I've seen the same issue - runs fine until a bid/snipe and
the app crashes.

[Barry Loper]

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It happens here when the current bid on an item goes above
my snipe price before I have a chance to snipe.

I'm using 1.3.17 built on Gentoo x86 in USA

[Joachim Wuttke]

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I had about the same problem; the error message in the log
reads "Pre-bid on 5183441754 for 17.71 FAILED: bid below
asking price"

This means that bidwatcher is currently unusable.