pitivi crashed with RuntimeError in __init__() on Playstation 3 (PPC64)

[xteejx]

Binary package hint: pitivi

Crashed when starting pitivi.
The application looks like it was starting with the GUI, but then crashed before the whole window could be drawn (or so it appeared).

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: pitivi 0.13.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-powerpc64-smp 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-powerpc64-smp ppc64
Architecture: powerpc
Date: Wed Apr 7 17:24:51 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pitivi
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: python /usr/bin/pitivi
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/pitivi']
SourcePackage: pitivi
Title: pitivi crashed with RuntimeError in __init__()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Probably the relevant part of the traceback:

  File "/usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/elements/mixer.py", line 56, in __init__
    srcpad = gst.GhostPad("src", csp.get_pad("src"))
RuntimeError: could not create GstGhostPad object

[Jeff Fortin Tam (kiddo)]

Are you able to consistently reproduce this?

[xteejx (xteejx)]

Yeah, after every start of pitivi it will just do the above. This is on ppc64 on the PS3 - doesn't do it on AMD64, don't know about i386.

[Jeff Fortin Tam (kiddo)]

That's a pretty niche machine and architecture to run pitivi on :) it sure doesn't happen on x86 either.

I won't be able to help on this, and I somehow doubt pitivi devs will be able to do much either, with so much other stuff on their plates.

[xteejx (xteejx)]

Well it's not just the PlayStation 3, it will be all ppc64 machines, the PS3 is just one of those.

[xteejx (xteejx)]

The problem seems to be with mixer.py , specifically the gst.GhostPad function, which is part of gstreamer. Other than that I don't know.

[Edward Hervey (bilboed) (bilboed-deactivatedaccount)]

This is a gstreamer bug most likely. Could you file it upstream (on the gstreamer bugzilla)

[xteejx (xteejx)]

Might as well close this, no longer have access to the hardware