vlc crashes with segfault in libvdpau_va_gl.so.1

Bug #1568863 reported by Achim Behrens
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
libvdpau-va-gl (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned
vlc (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

making another dublicate of that bug and hope the data helps to fix it. seems like this is more of a kernel issue?

uptodate 16.04, using vlc from the repo. using dvb-t usb stick. worked before on 15.10.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: vlc 2.2.2-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-18.34-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Apr 11 15:27:56 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-28 (926 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130925.1)
SourcePackage: vlc
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-02-11 (60 days ago)

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Achim Behrens (k1l) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in libvdpau-va-gl (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Achim Behrens (k1l) wrote :

Removing the libvdpau-va-gl1 package fixes this crash.
Need to test what the drawbacks are on this workaround.

Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in libvdpau-va-gl (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Sebastian Ramacher (s-ramacher) wrote :

I think this issue was fixed in 3.0.0

Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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