VLC 2.0.4 audio output module Pulseaudio seg faults
Rainer Hurling
rhurlin at gwdg.de
Sat Nov 17 18:05:44 UTC 2012
On 17.11.2012 17:40 (UTC+2), Juergen Lock wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 01:32:44PM +0100, Rainer Hurling wrote:
>> While vlc versions up to 2.0.3 runs fine using pulseaudio output module,
>> unfortunately version 2.0.4 immediately seg faults.
>>
>> When I change from pulseaudio output to any other audio output module
>> vlc does not crash.
>>
>> Is this a know issue? Are there any workarounds? I really need
>> pulseaudio for my sound system.
>>
>> My box is running on latest 10.0-CURRENT amd64. Please let me know if I
>> should provide more information.
>>
> Whoops that is a funny bug. Does the patch below fix it? (put it in
> files/patch-modules-audio_output-vlcpulse.c )
>
> Thanx!
> Juergen
Moin Juergen,
while I am writing these lines I am listening vlc with pulseaudio output
again :-) So obviously the patch helped.
Many thanks and have a nice weekend,
Rainer
> --- modules/audio_output/vlcpulse.c.orig
> +++ modules/audio_output/vlcpulse.c
> @@ -113,10 +113,12 @@ pa_context *vlc_pa_connect (vlc_object_t
> struct passwd pwbuf, *pw;
> char buf[len];
>
> - if (getpwuid_r (getuid (), &pwbuf, buf, sizeof (buf), &pw) == 0
> - && pw != NULL)
> - pa_proplist_sets (props, PA_PROP_APPLICATION_PROCESS_USER,
> - pw->pw_name);
> + if (getpwuid_r (getuid (), &pwbuf, buf, sizeof (buf), &pw) == 0) {
> + if (pw != NULL)
> + pa_proplist_sets (props, PA_PROP_APPLICATION_PROCESS_USER,
> + pw->pw_name);
> + break;
> + }
> }
>
> for (size_t max = sysconf (_SC_HOST_NAME_MAX), len = max % 1024 + 1024;
> @@ -124,9 +126,11 @@ pa_context *vlc_pa_connect (vlc_object_t
> {
> char hostname[len];
>
> - if (gethostname (hostname, sizeof (hostname)) == 0)
> + if (gethostname (hostname, sizeof (hostname)) == 0) {
> pa_proplist_sets (props, PA_PROP_APPLICATION_PROCESS_HOST,
> hostname);
> + break;
> + }
> }
>
> const char *session = getenv ("XDG_SESSION_COOKIE");
>
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