I need a solution that doesn't involve reinstalling the entire operating system.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gstreamer1.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270422 Title: gstreamer1.0 can't load plugins; all gstreamer applications broken Status in “gstreamer1.0” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Although all plugins (-base, -good, -bad, -ugly, and some others) are installed, gst-inspect-1.0 only shows: :~$ gst-inspect-1.0 coreelements: valve: Valve element coreelements: multiqueue: MultiQueue coreelements: typefind: TypeFind coreelements: tee: Tee pipe fitting coreelements: filesink: File Sink coreelements: queue2: Queue 2 coreelements: queue: Queue coreelements: output-selector: Output selector coreelements: input-selector: Input selector coreelements: identity: Identity coreelements: funnel: Funnel pipe fitting coreelements: filesrc: File Source coreelements: fdsink: Filedescriptor Sink coreelements: fdsrc: Filedescriptor Source coreelements: fakesink: Fake Sink coreelements: fakesrc: Fake Source coreelements: capsfilter: CapsFilter staticelements: bin: Generic bin staticelements: pipeline: Pipeline object Total count: 2 plugins, 19 features Segmentation fault (core dumped) No combination of installed or uninstalled gstreamer packages will change the output or prevent the segfault; I tried everything that apt would allow except removing the -base plugins because that would uninstall nearly every software package on the computer. I did try reinstalling -base et al, to no avail. Also tried rm -rf ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0; no effect. No gstreamer applications are working (totem, brasero, rhythmbox, etc). gdb doesn't have much to say about the core dump: :~$ gdb --exec=gst-inspect-1.0 --core=core GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6.1-ubuntu Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. [New LWP 20049] warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error. [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `gst-inspect-1.0'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. #0 0x0000000000000001 in ?? () To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer1.0/+bug/1270422/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
