VLC 2.0.4 audio output module Pulseaudio seg faults

Juergen Lock nox at jelal.kn-bremen.de
Sat Nov 24 14:23:22 UTC 2012


On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 07:05:39PM +0100, Rainer Hurling wrote:
> 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.

I have meanwhile committed the patch to ports and merged it to the
9.1 releng branch.

 Thanx for testing! :)
	Juergen


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