VLC Segfaults

mrunion · 2009-02-19 13:45:54

Does anyone else have an issue with vlc segfaulting? I run it and it shows up for about a second, then goes away. I have rebuilt it from ABS and it does the same thing. Here is the output from a command line:

[mrunion@sweetchuck ~]$ vlc
VLC media player 0.9.8a Grishenko
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.8a Grishenko - (c)1996-2008 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure  '--prefix=/usr' '--enable-dvdread' '--enable-dvdnav' '--enable-madi' '--enable-ffmpeg' '--disable-rpath' '--enable-qt4' '--enable-faad' '--enable-alsa' '--enable-skins2''--enable-dvb' '--enable-dmo' '--with-ffmpeg-faac' '--with-ffmpeg-vorbis' '--with-ffmpeg-dts' '--with-ffmpeg-ogg' '--with-ffmpeg-theora' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-theora' '--enable-flac' '--enable-snapshot' '--enable-hal' '--enable-dbus' '--enable-ogg' '--enable-dbus-control' '--enable-shared' '--enable-nls' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-shout' '--enable-pvr' '--enable-release' '--program-suffix=' '--with-dv-raw1394=/usr/include/libraw1394' '--enable-fast-install' '--enable-live555' '--with-live555-tree=/usr/lib/live-media' 'CFLAGS=-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe' 'CXXFLAGS=-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=:/opt/kde/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/qt/lib/pkgconfig'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000001] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Segmentation fault
[mrunion@sweetchuck ~]$

I think I will try the version from AUR, but in the meantime can anyone duplicate this? I update every day and it ran fine the day before the openjdk was released. I have NOT tried rolling back any packages yet, but this is the "line in the sand" where it may have stopped.

mrunion · 2009-02-19 13:47:21

Oh, if I run with NO interface (using cvlc) it runs just fine. Anyone else?

mrunion · 2009-02-19 14:27:46

vlc-git from AUR built and installed fine. It ran fine as well. I'll just be patient until a new vlc is out.

quarkup · 2009-02-19 15:16:05

strange.. mine is segfaulting too!

did a vlc --reset-config
and now is working fine..

KimTjik · 2009-02-19 15:57:30

No big deal... I think. Remove or rename .config/vlc folder and I think your problem will be solved.

ataraxia · 2009-02-19 16:09:35

VLC is notoriously sensitive to config file breakage and/or format changes. "--reset-config" is the first thing to try if it crashes or does something weird.

atomic · 2009-02-19 17:12:25

I've got exactly the same problem. At the end, now I'm using smplayer.

pokraka · 2009-02-19 20:07:56

I have the same probem, I noticed it today.
I tried downgrading from vlc-0.9.8a-5 to vlc-0.9.8a-4, without success.
I also tried "vlc --reset-config" but it doesn't work either.

KimTjik · 2009-02-19 20:58:59

pokraka wrote:

I have the same probem, I noticed it today.
I tried downgrading from vlc-0.9.8a-5 to vlc-0.9.8a-4, without success.
I also tried "vlc --reset-config" but it doesn't work either.

Did you try to remove or rename .config/vlc?

mrunion · 2009-02-20 00:27:44

vlc --reset-config worked for me, BTW.

subatomic · 2009-02-20 08:20:17

mine was faulting and still does only with skins

SkonesMickLoud · 2009-02-20 08:41:44

vlc --reset-config worked here too. Segfaults again when I set a skin and restart.

skipper13 · 2009-02-20 19:48:01

I've reseted config. But when I've added services to playlist (HAL, Internet Radio) vlc has crashed again

fede · 2009-02-21 03:43:02

I've reseted config, both with vlc --reset-config and by deleting ~/.config/vlc. Vlc consistently segfaults on seek in several files.
(btw, mplayer works fine on the same files). I also get those

Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".

messages when starting vlc and before segfaulting.

fede · 2009-02-21 12:59:56

Using vlc-git (along with x264-git, ffmpeg-svn) fixes this vlc problem for me. Also, this seems to be unrelated to the Xlib message, which is a known issue:

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13295
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65403
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65694

treefiddy · 2009-02-22 08:36:12

With vlc from the standard repos, I was segfaulting constantly
Example: vlc[8999]: segfault at 7f323bc33ff8 ip 00007f324b154d6c sp 00007f323bc33fe0 error 6 in libc-2.9.so[7f324b0e0000+14a000]

vlc-git seems to have fixed this problem as well as resolving an issue with VLC Xvideo output window not integrating into the interface

Last edited by treefiddy (2009-02-22 08:36:29)

jaymz_64 · 2009-02-22 11:52:00

I have the same problem, but only when there are subtitles in srt files. I didn't try any other kind of subtitle (mkv, etc). vlc crashes with a segmentation fault as soon as the first subtitle of the movie is displayed. I tried vlc, vlc-git, vlc-embeddedvideo and it doesn't change anything. Deleting the vlc config folder or launching vlc with "--reset-config" doesn't work neither.

Maybe something with the subtitles configuration ?

Last edited by jaymz_64 (2009-02-22 11:54:20)

Dead Code · 2009-02-22 11:56:04

jaymz_64 wrote:

I have the same problem, but only when there are subtitles in srt files. I didn't try any other kind of subtitle (mkv, etc). vlc crashes with a segmentation fault as soon as the first subtitle of the movie is displayed.. Deleting the vlc config folder or launching vlc with "--reset-config" doesn't work neither.
Maybe something with the subtitles configuration ?

+1

fede · 2009-02-22 14:06:08

jaymz, are you using x264-git and ffmpeg-svn and compiling vlc-git against them? Because that fixed the issue for me...

jaymz_64 · 2009-02-22 16:56:45

fede wrote:

jaymz, are you using x264-git and ffmpeg-svn and compiling vlc-git against them? Because that fixed the issue for me...

I've just installed them and recompiled vlc-git and the problem is still there.

ubiwahn · 2009-02-24 22:43:46

Same problem here. And it's definitively a subtitle thing because when I disable them the video is working fine! 2 weeks ago exactly the same video worked fine!

Another thing: It only crashes when I load the subtitles via a .srt file. Otherwise the video works!

Last edited by ubiwahn (2009-02-24 22:44:08)

uiii · 2009-02-25 20:28:19

Hi, look at this post on vlc forum http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php … lt#p183884 . It might solve your issue. It works for me. Good luck. Bye Uiii

burgulgoth · 2009-02-25 21:41:45

uiii wrote:

Hi, look at this post on vlc forum http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php … lt#p183884 . It might solve your issue. It works for me. Good luck. Bye Uiii

it worked! tnx

jaymz_64 · 2009-02-25 22:08:33

It worked ! thanks

whaevr · 2009-02-26 03:06:38

Yes! This fixed my subtitle issues with vlc also. I can get rid of smplayer now.

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