Let gstreamer die instead of trying to launch gdb

[Michael Gruner]

gst-launch has the -f or --no_fault option to avoid installing the GDB handler.

I don’t know your use case, but in any case gst-launch is just a prototyping tool, not meant for creating products with it.

Michael

> On 25 Mar 2023, at 07:05, Justas P via gstreamer-devel <gstreamer-devel at lists.freedesktop.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> I have a use-case for gstreamer, where sometimes it will SIGSEGV. How can I make the gstreamer process die, rather than try to launch gdb.
> 
> The underlying issue is a noisy USB link to the camera being captured.
> 
> Pipeline is live and does not need PREROLL ...
> Pipeline is PREROLLED ...
> Setting pipeline to PLAYING ...
> New clock: GstSystemClock
> ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src0: Internal data stream error.
> Additional debug info:
> ../libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c(3127): gst_base_src_loop (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src0:
> streaming stopped, reason not-negotiated (-4)
> Execution ended after 0:00:00.001985760
> Setting pipeline to NULL ...
> Caught SIGSEGV
> exec gdb failed: No such file or directory
> Spinning.  Please run 'gdb gst-launch-1.0 1586' to continue debugging, Ctrl-C to quit, or Ctrl-\ to dump core.
> ^C|^\Quit
>