[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #2909: during channel scan in mythtv-setup: glibc detected *** mythtv-setup: free(): invalid pointer: 0xb509b74f

[Rudy Zijlstra]

Rudy Zijlstra wrote:

>MythTV wrote:
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>>#2909: during channel scan in mythtv-setup: glibc detected *** mythtv-setup:
>>free(): invalid pointer: 0xb509b74f
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>>Reporter:  sipsniffa  |        Owner:  danielk
>>    Type:  defect     |       Status:  new    
>>Priority:  minor      |    Milestone:  0.21   
>>Component:  mythtv     |      Version:  head   
>>Severity:  medium     |   Resolution:         
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>>Comment (by danielk):
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>>sipsniffa, or anyone else getting coredumps during or after a channel
>>scan, can you test the attached patch?
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>After 3 glibc detected free invalid pointers, i patched with this patch, 
>recompiled (most all was re-compiled) and still get invalid pointers 
>detected by glibc. Not recompiling in debug mode.
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>Will take some time, its a PIII.
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The debug version show the scanning dialog complete (the production did 
not) and crashes even faster. No backtrace though....
it simply bombs out.

Rudy