RecordMyDesktop + Jack causes a myriad of crashes with unrelated descriptions like invalid window specification.

[personaljesus]

Binary package hint: recordmydesktop

RecordMyDesktop on maverick reports errors if you tell it to use Jack for audio input.

Errors included: Invalid Window Specification

I applied the following patch and it worked again.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=588260

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Martin Nordholts (enselic)]

Fixed 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

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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