Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: vlc

Hi,

after using vlc for more than one and a half year it did not start.
I just clicked on icon and nothing happen. So I have decided
to start it from command line with following result:

sup...@supiik-laptop:~$ vlc
VLC media player 0.9.9a Grishenko
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.9a Grishenko - (c) 
1996-2009 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure  
'--build=i486-linux-gnu' '--enable-maintainer-mode' '--enable-release' 
'--prefix=/usr' '--enable-libtool' '--enable-fast-install' 
'--with-binary-version=2ubuntu1' '--disable-update-check' '--disable-gnome' 
'--disable-gtk' '--disable-familiar' '--disable-fb' '--enable-ggi' 
'--enable-sdl' '--enable-esd' '--enable-mad' '--enable-jack' '--enable-pulse' 
'--enable-lirc' '--enable-a52' '--enable-aa' '--enable-dvbpsi' 
'--enable-mozilla' '--with-mozilla-pkg=libxul-plugin' '--disable-kde' 
'--enable-mp4' '--enable-dvb' '--disable-satellite' '--enable-ogg' 
'--enable-vorbis' '--enable-shout' '--enable-qt4' '--disable-slp' 
'--enable-flac' '--disable-skins' '--disable-basic-skins' '--enable-skins2' 
'--enable-freetype' '--enable-mkv' '--enable-speex' '--enable-caca' 
'--enable-live555' '--enable-libmpeg2' '--enable-fribidi' '--enable-cdio' 
'--enable-mod' '--enable-theora' '--enable-modplug' '--enable-dvdnav' 
'--enable-gnutls' '--enable-ffmpeg' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-smb' 
'--disable-gnomevfs' '--enable-bonjour' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-vcd' 
'--enable-vcdx' '--enable-notify' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-faad' 
'--disable-zvbi' '--enable-telx' '--enable-mediacontrol-bindings' 
'--disable-atmo' '--enable-taglib' '--enable-libass' '--enable-libdca' 
'--enable-realrtsp' '--disable-dv' '--enable-x264' '--enable-alsa' 
'--enable-v4l' '--enable-v4l2' '--enable-pvr' '--enable-svgalib' '--enable-dvd' 
'--without-dvdcss' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2' 
'LDFLAGS=-Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000396] main interface: creating httpd
*** glibc detected *** vlc: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x090cbdb8 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7eb8604]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x96)[0xb7eba5b6]
/usr/lib/libvlccore.so.0(libvlc_InternalInit+0x10f5)[0xb7fd9715]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0804a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 12069      /usr/bin/vlc
0804a000-0804b000 r--p 00001000 08:01 12069      /usr/bin/vlc
0804b000-0804c000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 12069      /usr/bin/vlc
090c2000-0924e000 rw-p 090c2000 00:00 0          [heap]
b2d00000-b2d21000 rw-p b2d00000 00:00 0 
b2d21000-b2e00000 ---p b2d21000 00:00 0 
b2e2b000-b2e2c000 ---p b2e2b000 00:00 0 
b2e2c000-b362c000 rw-p b2e2c000 00:00 0 
b362c000-b362d000 ---p b362c000 00:00 0 
b362d000-b3e2d000 rw-p b362d000 00:00 0 
b3e2d000-b3e51000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9513       /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2
b3e51000-b3e53000 r--p 00023000 08:01 9513       /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2
b3e53000-b3e54000 rw-p 00025000 08:01 9513       /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2
b3e54000-b3e58000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9267       /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b3e58000-b3e59000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 9267       /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b3e59000-b3e5b000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9256       /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b3e5b000-b3e5c000 r--p 00001000 08:01 9256       /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b3e5c000-b3e5d000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 9256       /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b3e5d000-b3e70000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9453       /usr/lib/libdirect-1.0.so.0.1.0
b3e70000-b3e71000 r--p 00012000 08:01 9453       /usr/lib/libdirect-1.0.so.0.1.0
b3e71000-b3e72000 rw-p 00013000 08:01 9453       /usr/lib/libdirect-1.0.so.0.1.0
b3e72000-b3e79000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9535       /usr/lib/libfusion-1.0.so.0.1.0
b3e79000-b3e7a000 r--p 00006000 08:01 9535       /usr/lib/libfusion-1.0.so.0.1.0
b3e7a000-b3e7b000 rw-p 00007000 08:01 9535       /usr/lib/libfusion-1.0.so.0.1.0
b3e7b000-b3edf000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9455       
/usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.0.so.0.1.0
b3edf000-b3ee0000 r--p 00063000 08:01 9455       
/usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.0.so.0.1.0
b3ee0000-b3ee1000 rw-p 00064000 08:01 9455       
/usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.0.so.0.1.0
b3ee1000-b3ef9000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 27746      /lib/libselinux.so.1
b3ef9000-b3efa000 r--p 00017000 08:01 27746      /lib/libselinux.so.1
b3efa000-b3efb000 rw-p 00018000 08:01 27746      /lib/libselinux.so.1
b3efb000-b3eff000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9273       /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
b3eff000-b3f00000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 9273       /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
b3f00000-b3f02000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9265       /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
b3f02000-b3f03000 rw-p 00001000 08:01 9265       /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
b3f03000-b3f05000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9261       /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
b3f05000-b3f06000 r--p 00001000 08:01 9261       /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
b3f06000-b3f07000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 9261       /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
b3f07000-b3f37000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 2573       /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1
b3f37000-b3f38000 r--p 0002f000 08:01 2573       /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1
b3f38000-b3f39000 rw-p 00030000 08:01 2573       /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1
b3f39000-b3f55000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 31270      
/usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0
b3f55000-b3f56000 r--p 0001b000 08:01 31270      
/usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0
b3f56000-b3f57000 rw-p 0001c000 08:01 31270      
/usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2.1.0
b3f57000-b3f82000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 8607       /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.3.0
b3f82000-b3f83000 r--p 0002a000 08:01 8607       /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.3.0
b3f83000-b3f84000 rw-p 0002b000 08:01 8607       /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.3.0
b3f84000-b3ff6000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 8360       /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.20
b3ff6000-b3ffa000 r--p 00071000 08:01 8360       /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.20
b3ffa000-b3ffb000 rw-p 00075000 08:01 8360       /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.20
b3ffb000-b40e5000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 30656      /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b40e5000-b40e6000 ---p 000ea000 08:01 30656      /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b40e6000-b40e7000 r--p 000ea000 08:01 30656      /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b40e7000-b40e9000 rw-p 000eb000 08:01 30656      /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b40e9000-b40ea000 rw-p b40e9000 00:00 0 
b40ea000-b4493000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 58123      
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1
b4493000-b4497000 r--p 003a8000 08:01 58123      
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1
b4497000-b4499000 rw-p 003ac000 08:01 58123      
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.1600.1
b4499000-b449b000 rw-p b4499000 00:00 0 
b449b000-b449c000 ---p b449b000 00:00 0 
b449c000-b4c9c000 rw-p b449c000 00:00 0 
b4c9c000-b4c9d000 ---p b4c9c000 00:00 0 
b4c9d000-b549d000 rw-p b4c9d000 00:00 0 
b549d000-b549e000 ---p b549d000 00:00 0 
b549e000-b5c9e000 rw-p b549e000 00:00 0 
b5c9e000-b5c9f000 ---p b5c9e000 00:00 0 
b5c9f000-b649f000 rw-p b5c9f000 00:00 0 
b649f000-b64b3000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 11130      /lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3
b64b3000-b64b4000 r--p 00013000 08:01 11130      /lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3
b64b4000-b64b5000 rw-p 00014000 08:01 11130      /lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3
b64b5000-b65ea000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 29683      /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.32
b65ea000-b65eb000 ---p 00135000 08:01 29683      /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.32
b65eb000-b65ef000 r--p 00135000 08:01 29683      /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.32
b65ef000-b65f0000 rw-p 00139000 08:01 29683      /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.32
b65f0000-b65f1000 rw-p b65f0000 00:00 0 
b65f1000-b65f9000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9263       /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
b65f9000-b65fa000 rw-p 00007000 08:01 9263       /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
b65fa000-b6600000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 42776      /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2.2.0
b6600000-b6601000 r--p 00006000 08:01 42776      /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2.2.0
b6601000-b6602000 rw-p 00007000 08:01 42776      /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2.2.0
b6602000-b660a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 108701     /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0
b660a000-b660b000 r--p 00007000 08:01 108701     /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0
b660b000-b660c000 rw-p 00008000 08:01 108701     /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0
b660c000-b661f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 64712      
/usr/lib/vlc/demux/libplaylist_plugin.so
b661f000-b6620000 r--p 00012000 08:01 64712      
/usr/lib/vlc/demux/libplaylist_plugin.so
b6620000-b6621000 rw-p 00013000 08:01 64712      
/usr/lib/vlc/demux/libplaylist_plugin.so
b6621000-b662f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 76559      /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b662f000-b6630000 r--p 0000d000 08:01 76559      /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b6630000-b6631000 rw-p 0000e000 08:01 76559      /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b6631000-b6634000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 34586      
/usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2000.1
b6634000-b6635000 r--p 00002000 08:01 34586      
/usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2000.1
b6635000-b6636000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 34586      
/usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.2000.1
b6636000-b6676000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 59356      
/usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0.2400.1
b6676000-b6677000 ---p 00040000 08:01 59356      
/usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0.2400.1
b6677000-b6678000 r--p 00040000 08:01 59356      
/usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0.2400.1
b6678000-b6679000 rw-p 00041000 08:01 59356      
/usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0.2400.1
b6679000-b6681000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9293       /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0
b6681000-b6682000 r--p 00007000 08:01 9293       /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0
b6682000-b6683000 rw-p 00008000 08:01 9293       /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0
b6683000-b669b000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 14089      /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.1.0
b669b000-b669c000 r--p 00017000 08:01 14089      /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.1.0
b669c000-b669d000 rw-p 00018000 08:01 14089      /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.1.0
b669d000-b66a3000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 16785      /usr/lib/libxcb-render.so.0.0.0
b66a3000-b66a4000 r--p 00005000 08:01 16785      /usr/lib/libxcb-render.so.0.0.0
b66a4000-b66a5000 rw-p 00006000 08:01 16785      /usr/lib/libxcb-render.so.0.0.0
b66a5000-b66a8000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 10205      
/usr/lib/libxcb-render-util.so.0.0.0
b66a8000-b66a9000 r--p 00002000 08:01 10205      
/usr/lib/libxcb-render-util.so.0.0.0
b66a9000-b66aa000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 10205      
/usr/lib/libxcb-render-util.so.0.0.0
b66aa000-b66ce000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 23320      /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.27.0
b66ce000-b66cf000 r--p 00023000 08:01 23320      /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.27.0
b66cf000-b66d0000 rw-p 00024000 08:01 23320      /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.27.0
b66d0000-b6710000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9997       /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0.13.2
b6710000-b6712000 r--p 0003f000 08:01 9997       /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0.13.2
b6712000-b6713000 rw-p 00041000 08:01 9997       /Aborted

Than I have decided to start it with
vlc --ignore-config

After this step vlc works fine. Maybe one more remark.
Closing the application prints out:

sup...@supiik-laptop:~$ vlc --ignore-config
VLC media player 0.9.9a Grishenko
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.9a Grishenko - (c) 
1996-2009 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure  
'--build=i486-linux-gnu' '--enable-maintainer-mode' '--enable-release' 
'--prefix=/usr' '--enable-libtool' '--enable-fast-install' 
'--with-binary-version=2ubuntu1' '--disable-update-check' '--disable-gnome' 
'--disable-gtk' '--disable-familiar' '--disable-fb' '--enable-ggi' 
'--enable-sdl' '--enable-esd' '--enable-mad' '--enable-jack' '--enable-pulse' 
'--enable-lirc' '--enable-a52' '--enable-aa' '--enable-dvbpsi' 
'--enable-mozilla' '--with-mozilla-pkg=libxul-plugin' '--disable-kde' 
'--enable-mp4' '--enable-dvb' '--disable-satellite' '--enable-ogg' 
'--enable-vorbis' '--enable-shout' '--enable-qt4' '--disable-slp' 
'--enable-flac' '--disable-skins' '--disable-basic-skins' '--enable-skins2' 
'--enable-freetype' '--enable-mkv' '--enable-speex' '--enable-caca' 
'--enable-live555' '--enable-libmpeg2' '--enable-fribidi' '--enable-cdio' 
'--enable-mod' '--enable-theora' '--enable-modplug' '--enable-dvdnav' 
'--enable-gnutls' '--enable-ffmpeg' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-smb' 
'--disable-gnomevfs' '--enable-bonjour' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-vcd' 
'--enable-vcdx' '--enable-notify' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-faad' 
'--disable-zvbi' '--enable-telx' '--enable-mediacontrol-bindings' 
'--disable-atmo' '--enable-taglib' '--enable-libass' '--enable-libdca' 
'--enable-realrtsp' '--disable-dv' '--enable-x264' '--enable-alsa' 
'--enable-v4l' '--enable-v4l2' '--enable-pvr' '--enable-svgalib' '--enable-dvd' 
'--without-dvdcss' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2' 
'LDFLAGS=-Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000001] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to 
use vlc without interface.

** (<unknown>:25790): CRITICAL **: giop_thread_request_push: assertion
`tdata != NULL' failed


Best regards
Peter

** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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