recordmydesktop crashed with SIGSEGV at rmd_get_frame.c:481

[markusd112]

Binary package hint: recordmydesktop

it doesn't do anything after stopping a recording...

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: recordmydesktop 0.3.8.1+svn602-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 9 20:09:50 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/recordmydesktop
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcCmdline: recordmydesktop -o /home/username/Videos/TYPO3_Lernvideo_Pfarrbriefredakteure/Kalendereintrag_erstellen --fps 15 --channels 1 --freq 22050 --v_quality 63 --s_quality 10 --workdir /tmp
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x804f0bf: movzwl (%eax),%eax
 PC (0x0804f0bf) ok
 source "(%eax)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%eax" ok
 Stack memory exhausted (SP below stack segment)
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: recordmydesktop
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
 clone () from /lib/libc.so.6
Title: recordmydesktop crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1989): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1941): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_format_get_name: assertion `format != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1941): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_format_get_name: assertion `format != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:1992): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 rmdGetFrame (pdata=0xbfacffa8) at rmd_get_frame.c:481
 start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
 clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S:130

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Martin Nordholts (enselic)]

Crash caused by XFixesGetCursorImage(pdata->dpy) returning NULL.

Upstream bug report:
https://github.com/Enselic/recordmydesktop/issues/20

Upstream fix that was just merged and will be released in an upcoming version:
https://github.com/Enselic/recordmydesktop/pull/21

NOTE: The project has recently been migrated to GitHub. For proof you can read the most recent News posted to the not-anymore-official site: http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/news.php

[Martin Nordholts (enselic)]

The fix is now included in the official 0.4.0 release found here: https://github.com/Enselic/recordmydesktop/releases/tag/v0.4.0

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package recordmydesktop - 0.4.0-0ubuntu1

---------------
recordmydesktop (0.4.0-0ubuntu1) hirsute; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release 0.4.0
  * Respect TMPDIR if set instead of always using /tmp (Closes: #706574)
  * Fix crash when XFixesGetCursorImage() returns NULL (LP: #673171)
  * Fix video encoding with newer versions of libtheora by
    defaulting v_bitrate to 0
  * Change default ALSA device to "default"
  * Make --rescue work again, thanks to Justin Frankel
  * Completey reformat man page, thanks to G. Branden Robinson (Closes: #859686)
  * Typo fix: Cleanning -> Cleaning (Closes: #584269)
  * Use libpopt for option parsing
  * configure: Fix check for libjack
  * Fixes window size specification out of bounds (LP: #621188)
  * Fixes issues when running with Jack (LP: #682205)
  * debian/copyright: update to current standards
  * debian/control: bump standards, compat, new homepage
  * Remove obsolete patches

 -- Erich Eickmeyer <email address hidden> Sun, 14 Mar 2021 16:48:56 -0700