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List:       kde-multimedia
Subject:    Re: Kwintv crashes out on startup, worked before.
From:       George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-12-21 5:16:28
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Please try the patch on the download site for this version of kwintv.  
Unfortunately it shipped with a bad crash case.  I will release 0.8.11 around 
the beginning of January.

On Thursday 20 December 2001 16:57, Guy Zelck wrote:

> I compiled kwintv using the mandrake spec file without a glitch and used
> kwintv without a problem with my Dart (Aims) TV-Radio Live card until
> some days ago my scsi-bus froze; I was forced to reset manually.
> Allthough I have the journaled XFS file system, when I rebooted a lot of
> my KDE config files were filled with ^@ characters rendering KDE
> unusable. I checked each file and deleted the faulty ones since KDE
> re-creates them with default values, so I was able to get my system back
> fully working except for, guess once, kwintv.
>
> The symptom is that kwintv comes up perfectly with sound and then after
> a few seconds crashes out and since KDE's crash handler takes over I
> still see a perfect image but without sound this time. Exiting the
> handler brings everything down off course.  There's nothing wrong with
> the card or v4l since my gkrellm radio plugin can still play radio and
> xawtv still plays tv like before. I operate as a non-root user.
>
> This is the output I get in my terminal window:
>  /dev/video [v4l2]: v4l2 support seems to be missing.  Using v4l instead.
> DCOPServer up and running.
> KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter = 2
> KCrash: Application Name = kwintv path = <unknown> pid = 8920
> kdeinit: Fatal IO error: client killed
> kdeinit: sending SIGHUP to children.
> KLauncher: Exiting on signal 1
> kdeinit: sending SIGTERM to children.
> kdeinit: Exit.
>
>
>
> I tried a lot to resolve this but after each try it crashes out the same.
> - delete all kwintv config files : kwintv re-installs them and then
> crashes. - re-install the kwintv rpm I compiled : nope.
> - re-compile kwintv & re-install : nope.
> - try as root : nope.
> - create a new user so no old kde config files around : nope.
> - re-installed all fonts since the last line of a 'strace kwintv' is
> about a font:
> readv(3, [{"9-adobe-helvetica-bold-o-normal-"..., 22516}, {"", 0}], 2) =
> 22516
> --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) --- : nope.
> - checked permissions on /dev/video* and others : no obvious wrongs there.
> - re-compiled with --debug-enabled (configure): crashhandler reports
> this backtrace (last relevant lines):
> (no debugging symbols found)...[New Thread 1024 (LWP 9057)]
> 0x40e1e1d9 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #0  0x40e1e1d9 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #1  0x40e9bef8 in __check_rhosts_file () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #2  0x4059e2ae in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler () from
> /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.3
>
> #3  0x40d26847 in _IO_2_1_stderr_ () from /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3
>
> - ran kwintv --nocrashhandler : got a core of 7MB.
>
> This goes beyond my capacities, do you have a clue what could be going
> wrong?
> Maybe it has nothing to do with the crash I had but with a setting in
> KDE I recently switched on. Remember, xawtv works and as far as I know
> everything else on my system does. I love kwintv so hate missing it.
>
> Now for what could be a bug : since I have a radio & a tv on the card it
> happens that I listen to the radio and then switch on kwintv without
> stopping the radio 1st; well, kwintv then eats all memory & all swap
> space while delivering this msg continually loop:
> kwintv: WARNING: Fatal: v4l1: VIDIOC_G_AUDIO in ::v4l1if
>
> I sincerely hope you can help me with this,
>
> Thanks,
>
> Guy.
>
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George Staikos

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