/usr/bin/jack segfaults

[Jouni K. Seppänen]

Binary package hint: jack

This is 100% repeatable:

~% gdb /usr/bin/python
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This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...
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Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) run /usr/bin/jack
Starting program: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/jack
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---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
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This is jack 3.1.1 (C)2004 Arne Zellentin <email address hidden>
skipped /home/jks/.aptitude, [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/jks/.aptitude'

[there might have been other lines that I was not quick enough to catch]
[it clears the screen, and the following line is in inverse color at the top]

Options: vbr read-ahead=99 id=e210cc11 len=71:40 | press Q to quit j

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1210399040 (LWP 16790)]
0xb7e18e1b in free () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6

(gdb) where
#0 0xb7e18e1b in free () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#1 0xb780b117 in ?? ()
   from /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/jack_cursesmodule.so
#2 0xb7d2b4f0 in ?? ()
#3 0xb787f420 in ?? ()
#4 0x082c8248 in ?? ()
#5 0xb7d627f0 in ?? ()
#6 0xb7d627f0 in ?? ()
#7 0xb78284f4 in ?? ()
#8 0xbfaa8cd8 in ?? ()
#9 0x08086a69 in PyDict_DelItem ()
Backtrace stopped: frame did not save the PC

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers feisty-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'feisty-updates'), (500, 'feisty-security'), (500, 'feisty-backports'), (500, 'feisty')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.20-16-generic
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages jack depends on:
ii cdda2wav 9:1.1.2-1 Dummy transition package for iceda
ii cdparanoia 3.10+debian~pre0-4build1 audio extraction tool for sampling
ii flac 1.1.2-5ubuntu2 Free Lossless Audio Codec - comman
ii python 2.5.1-0ubuntu3 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-cddb 1.4-5.1build1 Python interface to CD-IDs and Fre
ii python-eyed3 0.6.11-1ubuntu1 Python module for id3-tags manipul
ii python-mutagen 1.10.1-0ubuntu2 audio metadata editing library
ii python-pyvorbis 1.3-1.2ubuntu2 A Python interface to the Ogg Vorb
ii python-support 0.5.6ubuntu1 automated rebuilding support for p
ii vorbis-tools 1.1.1-6build1 several Ogg Vorbis tools

jack recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jun 9 15:00:07 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Uname: Linux vaino 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Wed May 23 01:46:23 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

Is this still an issue in a later version of Ubuntu? Feisty is not supported anymore.