Package: vlc Version: 2.2.1-4+b1 Severity: important After running dist-upgrade to update to the latest stretch packages, vlc started failing to launch from my file manager (nautilus). Running it from the command line revealed a segfault. The segfault still occurs after deleting ~/.cache/vlc and ~/.config/vlc. Running vlc with the --no-xlib option avoids the segfault. Here is the backtrace from the release package:
(gdb) bt #0 0x00007fcfd4541f39 in XGetWindowAttributes () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux- gnu/libX11.so.6 #1 0x00007fcfd5a3bd8d in ?? () from /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/gui/libqt4_plugin.so #2 0x00007fcfd595f41b in ?? () from /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/gui/libqt4_plugin.so #3 0x00007fcfd5ac7b6b in ?? () from /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/gui/libqt4_plugin.so #4 0x00007fcfd4b0e1c1 in QObject::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64 -linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #5 0x00007fcfd53ecedb in QWidget::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64 -linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5 #6 0x00007fcfd54fe37b in QMainWindow::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64 -linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5 #7 0x00007fcfd53aab8c in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5 #8 0x00007fcfd53b0230 in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5 #9 0x00007fcfd4adca8b in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #10 0x00007fcfd4adebc7 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int, QThreadData*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #11 0x00007fcfd4b33a23 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #12 0x00007fcfd3ffffe7 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/x86_64-linux- gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #13 0x00007fcfd4000240 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #14 0x00007fcfd40002ec in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/x86_64-linux- gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #15 0x00007fcfd4b33e2f in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #16 0x00007fcfd4ada2ca in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/x86_64 -linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #17 0x00007fcfd4ae1e3c in QCoreApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/x86_64 -linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #18 0x00007fcfd594d674 in ?? () from /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/gui/libqt4_plugin.so #19 0x00007fcfd83610a4 in start_thread (arg=0x7fcfd3d8e700) at pthread_create.c:309 #20 0x00007fcfd7e9206d in clone () at .../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111 This happens regardless of which video I load. For the backtrace I used a sample file I found online[1]. [1] https://code.google.com/p/bennugd-vlc/downloads/detail?name=sintel_trailer- 480p.mp4&can=2&q= -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages vlc depends on: ii fonts-freefont-ttf 20120503-4 ii libaa1 1.4p5-44 ii libavcodec-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.1-1 ii libavutil-ffmpeg54 7:2.8.1-1 ii libc6 2.19-22 ii libcaca0 0.99.beta19-2 ii libcairo2 1.14.2-2 ii libegl1-mesa [libegl1-x11] 10.6.8-1 ii libfreerdp-client1.1 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5 ii libfreerdp-core1.1 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5 ii libfreerdp-gdi1.1 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5 ii libfreetype6 2.6-2 ii libfribidi0 0.19.7-1 ii libgcc1 1:5.2.1-22 ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 10.6.8-1 ii libgles1-mesa [libgles1] 10.6.8-1 ii libgles2-mesa [libgles2] 10.6.8-1 ii libglib2.0-0 2.46.1-1 ii libpulse0 7.0-1 ii libqt5core5a 5.4.2+dfsg-9 ii libqt5gui5 5.4.2+dfsg-9 ii libqt5widgets5 5.4.2+dfsg-9 ii libqt5x11extras5 5.5.1-2 ii librsvg2-2 2.40.11-1 ii libsdl-image1.2 1.2.12-5+b5 ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.15-11 ii libstdc++6 5.2.1-22 ii libva-drm1 1.6.1-1 ii libva-x11-1 1.6.1-1 ii libva1 1.6.1-1 ii libvlccore8 2.2.1-4+b1 ii libvncclient1 0.9.10+dfsg-3 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.3-1 ii libxcb-composite0 1.10-3+b1 ii libxcb-keysyms1 0.4.0-1 ii libxcb-randr0 1.10-3+b1 ii libxcb-shm0 1.10-3+b1 ii libxcb-xv0 1.10-3+b1 ii libxcb1 1.10-3+b1 ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1 ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.3-1+b1 ii libxpm4 1:3.5.11-1+b1 ii vlc-nox 2.2.1-4+b1 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 Versions of packages vlc recommends: ii vlc-plugin-notify 2.2.1-4+b1 ii vlc-plugin-samba 2.2.1-4+b1 ii xdg-utils 1.1.1-1 vlc suggests no packages. Versions of packages vlc-nox depends on: ii liba52-0.7.4 0.7.4-18 ii libasound2 1.0.29-1 ii libass5 0.13.0-1 ii libavahi-client3 0.6.31-5 ii libavahi-common3 0.6.31-5 ii libavc1394-0 0.5.4-2 ii libavcodec-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.1-1 ii libavformat-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.1-1 ii libavutil-ffmpeg54 7:2.8.1-1 ii libbasicusageenvironment0 2014.01.13-1 ii libbluray1 1:0.9.0-1 ii libc6 2.19-22 ii libcddb2 1.3.2-5 ii libcdio13 0.83-4.2 ii libchromaprint0 1.2-1+b1 ii libcrystalhd3 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-11+b1 ii libdbus-1-3 1.10.0-3 ii libdc1394-22 2.2.3-1 ii libdca0 0.0.5-7 ii libdirectfb-1.2-9 1.2.10.0-5.1 ii libdvbpsi10 1.3.0-2 ii libdvdnav4 5.0.3-1 ii libdvdread4 5.0.3-1 ii libebml4v5 1.3.3-1 ii libfaad2 2.8.0~cvs20150510-1 ii libflac8 1.3.1-4 ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.3 ii libfreetype6 2.6-2 ii libfribidi0 0.19.7-1 ii libgcc1 1:5.2.1-22 ii libgcrypt20 1.6.4-3 ii libgnutls-deb0-28 3.3.18-1 ii libgpg-error0 1.20-1 ii libgroupsock1 2014.01.13-1 ii libjpeg62-turbo 1:1.4.1-2 ii libkate1 0.4.1-5 ii liblircclient0 0.9.0~pre1-1.2 ii liblivemedia23 2014.01.13-1 ii liblua5.2-0 5.2.4-1 ii libmad0 0.15.1b-8 ii libmatroska6v5 1.4.4-1 ii libmodplug1 1:0.8.8.5-2 ii libmpcdec6 2:0.1~r475-1 ii libmpeg2-4 0.5.1-7 ii libmtp9 1.1.10-1 ii libncursesw5 6.0+20150810-1 ii libogg0 1.3.2-1 ii libopus0 1.1-2 ii libpng12-0 1.2.50-2+b2 ii libpostproc-ffmpeg53 7:2.8.1-1 ii libraw1394-11 2.1.1-1 ii libresid-builder0c2a 2.1.1-14 ii libsamplerate0 0.1.8-8 ii libschroedinger-1.0-0 1.0.11-2.1 ii libshine3 3.1.0-2.1 ii libshout3 2.3.1-3 ii libsidplay2 2.1.1-14 ii libspeex1 1.2~rc1.2-1 ii libspeexdsp1 1.2~rc1.2-1 ii libssh2-1 1.5.0-2+b1 ii libstdc++6 5.2.1-22 ii libswscale-ffmpeg3 7:2.8.1-1 ii libtag1v5 1.9.1-2.4 ii libtheora0 1.1.1+dfsg.1-7 ii libtinfo5 6.0+20150810-1 ii libtwolame0 0.3.13-1.2 ii libudev1 227-2 ii libupnp6 1:1.6.19+git20141001-1 ii libusageenvironment1 2014.01.13-1 ii libvcdinfo0 0.7.24+dfsg-0.2 ii libvlc5 2.2.1-4+b1 ii libvlccore8 2.2.1-4+b1 ii libvorbis0a 1.3.4-3 ii libvorbisenc2 1.3.4-3 ii libx264-146 2:0.146.2555+git0c21480-1 ii libx265-68 1.8-3 ii libxml2 2.9.2+zdfsg1-4 ii libzvbi0 0.2.35-9 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 Versions of packages vlc-nox suggests: pn libdvdcss2 <none> Versions of packages libvlc5 depends on: ii libc6 2.19-22 ii libvlccore8 2.2.1-4+b1 Versions of packages libvlccore8 depends on: ii libc6 2.19-22 ii libdbus-1-3 1.10.0-3 ii libidn11 1.32-3 ii libproxy-tools 0.4.11-4.2 ii vlc-data 2.2.1-4 Versions of packages vlc is related to: pn libavutil50 <none> ii libavutil51 6:0.8.7-1 -- no debconf information _______________________________________________ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers