[pulseaudio-discuss] 0.9.8 seg fault

[Jim Duda]

I'm now running with 0.9.10, I'll let you know how that goes.

Jim

Jim Duda wrote:
> Lennart,
> 
> I followed the instructions from the fedora StackTraces wiki for 
> installing all the debugging library information.
> 
> These libraries were installed:
>    Installing: glibc-debuginfo-common
>    Installing: glibc-debuginfo
>    Installing: bash-debuginfo
>    Installing: pulseaudio-module-lirc
>    Installing: pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
>    Installing: PolicyKit-debuginfo
>    Installing: dbus-debuginfo
>    Installing: glib2-debuginfo
>    Installing: alsa-lib-debuginfo
>    Installing: libsamplerate-debuginfo
>    Installing: pulseaudio-debuginfo
>    Installing: libsndfile-debuginfo
>    Installing: tcp_wrappers-debuginfo
>    Installing: liboil-debuginfo
>    Installing: libtool-debuginfo
>    Installing: libcap-debuginfo
>    Installing: hal-debuginfo
> 
> Running gdb the first time resulted in another failure, with a request 
> to install these 3 packages, which I did.
> 
>    Installing: expat-debuginfo
>    Installing: libsepol-debuginfo
>    Installing: libselinux-debuginfo
> 
> This is what happens now:
> 
> linux# gdb /usr/bin/pulseaudio
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> This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux-gnu"...
> Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
> (gdb) run --system --log-target=syslog
> Starting program: /usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --log-target=syslog
> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
> [New process 15257]
> Executing new program: /usr/bin/pulseaudio
> warning: Cannot initialize thread debugging library: generic error
> warning: Cannot initialize thread debugging library: generic error
> [New process 15257]
> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
> Segmentation fault
> 
> I am running my own compiled kernel, could that be an issue?
> 
> I've read the fedora wiki a couple of times and tried to google for a 
> solution, but I haven't found one.  Do you understand what is going on?
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> Lennart Poettering wrote:
>> On Fri, 28.03.08 20:33, Jim Duda (jim at duda.tzo.com) wrote:
>>
>>> After upgrading from 0.9.8 from 0.9.6, pulse is segfaulting when playing 
>>> simple wav files.
>>>
>>> Example:
>>>
>>> Mar 28 20:30:18 linux kernel: pulseaudio[2847]: segfault at b4dd79f0 eip 
>>> b4dd79f0 esp bfe949fc error 4
>>>
>>> I have to manually restart.
>>>
>>> I'm using --system mode.
>> Please provide a back trace.
>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/StackTraces
>>
>> Lennart
>>