Public bug reported: After upgrading to Ubuntu 25.10, rhythmbox consistenly crashes when I start podcast streams from one specific source (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nieuwe-feiten/id1346567686?uo=4).
Streaming episodes from this source works fine in the browser and in the gnome Podcasts app. It even works in rhtyhmbox if I search for the podcast in Categories/Search WITHOUT subscribing to it. The moment I add it, the player starts crashing again. When I start rhythmbox from the command line, I consistently get the following message when the player crashes: Fatal glibc error: malloc.c:2610 (sysmalloc): assertion failed: (old_top == initial_top (av) && old_size == 0) || ((unsigned long) (old_size) >= MINSIZE && prev_inuse (old_top) && ((unsigned long) old_end & (pagesize - 1)) == 0) Aborted (core dumped) According to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=308581, the issue is likely more related to glibc than rhythmbox. On a side note, the version currently available as a snap package appears to be unaffected by this bug. But then it misses certain plug- ins so it is not really a replacement. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10 Package: rhythmbox 3.4.8-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-6.6-generic 6.17.1 Uname: Linux 6.17.0-6-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Nov 5 16:45:10 2025 InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-05-09 (180 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Release amd64 (20250415.3) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SourcePackage: rhythmbox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-10-30 (6 days ago) ** Affects: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug questing wayland-session ** Description changed: After upgrading to Ubuntu 25.10, rhythmbox consistenly crashes when I start podcast streams from one specific source (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nieuwe-feiten/id1346567686?uo=4). Streaming episodes from this source works fine in the browser and in the gnome Podcasts app. It even works in rhtyhmbox if I search for the podcast in Categories/Search WITHOUT subscribing to it. The moment I add it, the player starts crashing again. When I start rhythmbox from the command line, I consistently get the following message when the player crashes: Fatal glibc error: malloc.c:2610 (sysmalloc): assertion failed: (old_top == initial_top (av) && old_size == 0) || ((unsigned long) (old_size) >= MINSIZE && prev_inuse (old_top) && ((unsigned long) old_end & (pagesize - 1)) == 0) Aborted (core dumped) According to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=308581, the issue is likely more related to glibc than rhythmbox. + On a side note, the version currently available as a snap package + appears to be unaffected by this bug. But then it misses certain plug- + ins so it is not really a replacement. + ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10 Package: rhythmbox 3.4.8-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-6.6-generic 6.17.1 Uname: Linux 6.17.0-6-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Nov 5 16:45:10 2025 InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-05-09 (180 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Release amd64 (20250415.3) ProcEnviron: - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - PATH=(custom, no user) - SHELL=/bin/bash - TERM=xterm-256color - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + PATH=(custom, no user) + SHELL=/bin/bash + TERM=xterm-256color + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SourcePackage: rhythmbox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-10-30 (6 days ago) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2130733 Title: rhythmbox crashes when starting certain podcast streams To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/2130733/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
