Miro (Democracy) player port is here...

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:47:48 -0600, Randy Pratt <bsd-unix at embarqmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:28:39 -0600
> "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7 at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:06:26 -0600, Randy Pratt  
>> <bsd-unix at embarqmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:58:24 -0600
>> > "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7 at cox.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:50:17 -0600, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7 at cox.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:08:20 -0600, Randy Pratt
>> >> > <bsd-unix at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > <snip>
>> >> >> That worked for the installation.  Thanks!
>> >> >
>> >> > Good, I have updated miro.shar in the same place. Thanks too!
>> >> >
>> >> >> Although, when Miro was started, it displayed and was loading
>> >> >> then seg faulted with:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ...
>> >> >> INFO     First URL is https://www.miroguide.com/firsttime
>> >> >> TIMING   Icon clear: 0.002
>> >> >> INFO     Starting movie data updates
>> >> >> INFO     Finished startup sequence
>> >> >> TIMING   idle (finalizing startup) too slow (3.984 secs)
>> >> >> INFO     *** Daemon ready ***
>> >> >> INFO     got file:///tmp/tmpacEbWZ.html
>> >> >> TIMING   gtkAsyncMethod: <function selectDisplay at 0x8bbe064>  
>> took
>> >> too
>> >> >> long: 1.109 INFO     got file:///tmp/tmpA7pWuk.html
>> >> >> WARNING  downloader: connection closed -- quitting
>> >> >> INFO     Shutting down downloaders...
>> >> >> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>> >> >
>> >> > Ummm... It doesn't give enough info.. Can you see *.core file in
>> >> there?
>> >> > If you do, then try to run this:
>> >> >
>> >> > 	# gdb foo foo.core
>> >> > 	# bt
>> >> > 	# bt full
>> >> >
>> >> > You might have to reinstall miro with debug (WITH_DEBUG=yes). I  
>> will
>> >> > have to recheck in my build log to make sure everything compile  
>> with
>> >> > -pthread.
>> >>
>> >> BTW: Try to run something like 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libpthread.so  
>> miro'
>> >> (or /usr/lib/libthr.so) to see if it works for you. If it does, then
>> >> will
>> >> have to search somewhere that need to add -pthread. I don't have  
>> FreeBSD
>> >> 6.x box anymore, so you or someone will have to keep test for me. ;-)
>> >
>> > There was no joy in trying either of those.  It produced the same
>> > core dump.
>>
>> You are right about your backtraces don't help in other email.
>>
>> > These are the /var/db/ports/*/options settings I have pertaining to
>> > threads:
>> >
>> >   boehm-gc/options:WITHOUT_THREADING=true
>> >   boost/options:WITH_THREADS=true
>> >   ilmbase/options:WITHOUT_THREAD=true
>> >   python/options:WITH_THREADS=true
>> >   python24/options:WITH_THREADS=true
>> >   python25/options:WITH_THREADS=true
>> >   ruby/options:WITHOUT_PTHREADS=true
>> >   sqlite3/options:WITH_THREADS=true
>>
>> That is only one different from mine. I left sqlite3 by default, no  
>> enable
>> thread. I have checked each files and build log, it looks like it has
>> nothing to do with missing -pthread. You can try to disable thread on
>> sqlite3 to see if it helps.
>
> I actually had it at the default of no threads originally and rebuilt
> it with threads to see if it helped (to no avail).
>
>> >   stunnel/options:WITH_PTHREAD=true
>> >
>> > Certainly I'll help debug this on 6.x.  During the ports freeze
>> > there's not much ports excitement going on (for me ;-)
>>
>> I am clueless at the moment, I need to dig in Miro's website to see if
>> there have any info about how to debug on miro.
>
> I'll do some digging around myself although if it gets too deep I
> tend to get dazed and confused.  If I find anyting, I'll advise.
>
> If anyone has/gets Miro working on 6.x, I'd like to hear about it
> and maybe do some comparisons.

Do you have any plugins such as Java, Flash or/and else in gecko  
(firefox/mozilla/etc)? If you do, try to disable every one to see if it  
will helping.

Cheers,
Mezz

> Thanks!
>
> Randy


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