[mythtv] PIP broken?

Chris B news at semperpax.com
Tue Sep 2 17:10:20 EDT 2003


Are you luckier than I am getting a GDB backtrace?
That would help Isaac solving the problem.

- Chris -

John Freer wrote:
> 
> I updated from CVS last night (RH9).  Noted a similar segfault.  PIP
> opens up fine, but when you (a: Try to change focus to change
> channels on PIP, or b: Try to switch windows PIP-Front), frontend
> segfaults.
> 
> JF
> 
> --- Chris B <news at semperpax.com> wrote:
> 
>>It's a Mandrake 9.1 cooker. But if you think I've a problem with my
>>gdb, 
>>I would first incriminate the unstable state of my box rather than
>>the 
>>distro, unless there is a pattern here.
>>
>>- Chris -
>>
>>Isaac Richards wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Monday 01 September 2003 06:39 pm, Chris B wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Looks like PIP is broken (for me anyway) in the latest CVS.
>>>>The symptom is a segfault in the frontend when trying to change
>>
>>the
>>
>>>>channel of the PIP. Initial display + switch focus seems fine.
>>>>
>>>>When using a CVS snapshot dated 26/08, it is still fine, so I
>>
>>suspect
>>
>>>>the large videoout patch. I'm unfortunately unable to get a
>>
>>proper
>>
>>>>backtrace. I get a "Couldn't get registers: Operation not
>>
>>permitted" or
>>
>>>>an address in the QT mt library.
>>>>
>>>>If someone could please confirm this is a Mythtv prob?
>>>
>>>
>>>It very likely is.  I've rewritten much of that code recently and
>>
>>haven't 
>>
>>>tested PiP at all.  Without a backtrace, you'll have to wait
>>
>>until I get 
>>
>>>around to testing that for a fix.
>>>
>>>What distro are you using?  I want to compile a list of distros
>>
>>that don't 
>>
>>>currently have a working gdb..
>>>
>>>Isaac
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