[mythtv-users] Segfault on starting playback

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/23/2012 10:44 AM, Stephen Robertson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 08/23/2012 07:40 AM, Stephen Robertson wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, 23 August 2012, Stephen Robertson wrote:
>>>>> Any suggestions what I can look at?  I am guessing that this is really
>>>>> a configuration/installation problem as no one else seems to be having
>>>>> these issues.
>>>>>
>>>> No matter what your configuration is, myth should never crash..
>>>>
>>>> Create a backtrace and lodge a ticket:
>>>> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.2
>>>>
>>>> If you're using Ubuntu packages, there's a myth debug package you install
>>>> so
>>>> you don't have to recompile myth.
>>> I opened a ticket #11010 which was then closed when I thought the
>>> problem had been resolved by left over libraries.  Should I open a new
>>> ticket?
>>
>> Something is definitely wrong with the stack traces at the launchpad ticket
>> ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/1038746 ).  The Stacktrace.txt
>> (which is supposed to be just the crashing thread) and ThreadStacktrace.txt
>> (which is supposed to be all threads) don't match up--ThreadStacktrace.txt
>> shows only one unimportant thread (as if it was created at some other time
>> and is preventing creation of a new one?).
>>
>> We'll need better traces to be able to guess what's wrong.  See
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Debugging for more info on debugging with *buntu,
>> and you may need to talk with some *buntu users to get help fixing the
>> data-collection mechanism they have.
>>
>> Mike
> I've just attempted to create a new trace following the wiki procedure
> (I had tried the last time too, honest!!)  I also cleared out
> /var/crash.
>
> It's on launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/1040687
>
> Is this any more useful?

ThreadStacktrace.txt still seems broken.  I don't know anything about 
the mechanism, so won't be much help.  Perhaps someone else would have 
an idea?

Mike