'undefined symbol: _Py_RefTotal' related to Gstreamer

[jdackle]

This happened on my Karmic on the use of two different binaries so far:
* gtk-gnash (also gnash)
* epiphany

In the later case, this is what came out of Epiphany on the console:

 (epiphany-browser:7534): GStreamer-WARNING **: Failed to load plugin '/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstpython_d.so': /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstpython_d.so: undefined symbol: _Py_RefTotal

The message on gnash was very similar (same reference to undefined symbol in same library) and actually made it silently freeze.

I don't actually know where that lib belongs so I can't point to the concerning package.

I found two other bugs referencing this message but it seems each application has taken a particular (instead of generalised) fix for this.
Then again, someone did mention in one of those that the problem is related to apps using the old python classes... So... maybe it is each app's job to do it...?
If so, please let me know so I can report this to the apropriate applications.

Here are the two other bugs:
* Bug #377226 - https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/listen/+bug/377226
* Bug #114053 - https://launchpad.net/bugs/114053

Thank you.

[jdackle (jdalinux)]

Sorrry for the last comments by myuself. Had some trouble with the UI of Launchpad to define what this affects...

[Sindhudweep Sarkar (sindhudweep-sarkar)]

Hi jdackle,
Could you give a little more information on the bug? I see you're getting the warning

" (epiphany-browser:7534): GStreamer-WARNING **: Failed to load plugin '/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstpython_d.so': /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstpython_d.so: undefined symbol: _Py_RefTotal"

But i'm unsure what bad behavior you are experiencing.

Does gtk-gnash and epiphany crash? Does the playback of some media stop?

If you are viewing a flash file is it more common with a certain swf?

Thanks!

[jdackle (jdalinux)]

Epiphany only displays the warning. I noticed nothing else in Epiphany.

Gnash however simply does nothing. The PID is open and visible through "ps ux" but other than that, I get no other evidence it even actually started.
I have tried loading only one .swf file with Gnash from the shell.
However, I did try to run Gnash without any console parameters and the result was exactly the same: nothing but that message about 'undefined symbol: _Py_RefTotal' when trying to load a gstreamer plugin.

Gstreamer (through e.e. Totem) does work fine with non .swf files.

Hope that helped.

[jdackle (jdalinux)]

This seems to have been fixed on Epiphany but the bug still occurs on Gnash.

Hence this is probably, as suggested before, something each application should fix itself: i.e. they should drop the use of the old python classes.

For reference, here's a quote form my opening report:
"I found two other bugs referencing this message but it seems each application has taken a particular (instead of generalised) fix for this.
Then again, someone did mention in one of those that the problem is related to apps using the old python classes... So... maybe it is each app's job to do it...?
If so, please let me know so I can report this to the apropriate applications.

Here are the two other bugs:
* Bug #377226 - https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/listen/+bug/377226
* Bug #114053 - https://launchpad.net/bugs/114053"

[jdackle (jdalinux)]

Though both Epiphany and Gnash reported the error as relating to Gstreamer, the bug was fixed on Epiphany but persists in Gnash.
See my last comment for details.

[rsavoye (rob-welcomehome)]

gtk-gnash doesn't use python, so it's hard to believe that is the problem.