Pcb editor crash

Hello,
My Problem is, the PCB Editor is crashing after 10 seconds. If I open it with console the last messages are:

=> kicad
terminate called after throwing an instance of ‘std::runtime_error’
what(): Error: unmapping vertices buffer: invalid operation
Aborted (core dumped)

The same on a other windows 10 PC but on two other windows 10 pc´s its working.

What can I do to fix it?

What kicad version?

Help->About KiCad->Copy info version and paste it here, please.

Application: KiCad
Version: 5.1.4-e60b266~84~ubuntu16.04.1, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.2
libcurl/7.47.0 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.32 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 4.4.0-161-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24
Boost: 1.58.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.8.0
Curl: 7.47.0
Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 with C++ ABI 1009
Build settings:
USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
KICAD_SPICE=ON

Does this happen with any pcb file? (create a new empty project and try to open it)

Yes it has any PCB data. If I open an empty PCB File or open an another one it works.

Then the file is corrupted somewhere. Try to copy the files that work on the windows 10 pc.

If you can share the design, please file a bug report here https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad with it attached so we can hopefully figure out why it is crashing.

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I have the same or similar problem.
My Laptop HP Envy 360 couple years old
I think version 4 or Kicad worked for me on this machine, however I reinstalled it and have same schematic open then crash problem. I have installed Kicad on Windows 7 and Linux Mint on VM machines (hose this HP laptop) on VM environment Kicad appears to work fine. I have installed these versions
kicad-4.0.7-x86_64
kicad-5.1.2_2-x86_64
kicad-5.1.4_1-i686 32bit
kicad-5.1.4_1-x86_64
kicad-night build-r14232.64b5e8bee-i686
All with same crash result… open schematic about 5 seconds later crash, no message just disappears on screen. I have several other Dell XPS8900 machines KiCAD works fine on them no issues.
At this point I am lost. Any help would be appreciated.

-------- currently installed version below -------
Application: KiCad
Version: (5.99.0-126-g64b5e8bee), release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
libcurl/7.61.1 OpenSSL/1.1.1 (WinSSL) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.6 libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.1.1) nghttp2/1.34.0
Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
Boost: 1.68.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.61.1
Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 with C++ ABI 1011

Build settings:
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
KICAD_SPICE=ON

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