Segmentation fault when starting mpd

[Tares]

Binary package hint: mpd

I dont know which update broke down mpd, but I think the -4 kernel. Anyway when I try to : sudo /etc/init.d/mpd start/restart, my terminal says :
sudo /etc/init.d/mpd restart
 * Stopping Music Player Daemon mpd [fail]
 * Starting Music Player Daemon mpd Segmentation fault

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: mpd 0.13.2-1ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: mpd
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-4-generic i686

[Tares (tares-kun)]

Okay, if you put :

audio_output {
        type "pulse"
        name "My MPD PulseAudio Output"
}

in /etc/mpd.conf it works again. But without that it gives segmentation fault.

[Taylor "Ripps" LeMasurier-Wren (ripps818)]

I've started getting a segmentation fault when trying to start mpd in Intrepid Ibex.

ripps@ripps-desktop:/var/lib/mpd$ sudo /usr/bin/mpd --verbose
binding to address for localhost
setFsCharset: fs charset is: UTF-8
libFLAC supports OggFLAC, initializing OggFLAC support
reading DB
No protocol specified
E: client-conf-x11.c: XOpenDisplay() failed
No protocol specified
E: client-conf-x11.c: XOpenDisplay() failed
Segmentation fault

It seems like this might be a problem with at dependency.

[Hew (hew)]

Confirming based on the above comment.

[smartboy (smartboyathome)]

I can confirm the bug on Intrepid Ibex, and also can confirm that Tares's comment works to keep mpd from crashing.

[perfran (perfran)]

To make it short I confirm what smartboy says

[Paul Natsuo Kishimoto (khaeru)]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/192735 may be related, and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mpd/+bug/273586 may be a duplicate.

[Adam Kimber (adam-kimber)]

I can confirm that Tares comment works. Also for solving the E: client-conf-x11.c: XOpenDisplay() failed messages mpd needs to be added to the pulse audio servers lists. Look at http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/PulseAudio under " For Distros where PulseAudio access rights are broken " :D

[Istvan Urban (grouder-gmail)]

It works now with this workaround: http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/PulseAudio#An_alternate_solution_for_fixing_access_rights
Thanks Adam!

[Max Roder (maxroder)]

I can confirm Segfaults when using alsa or auto detect. Using Tares' output section mpd is working here, too.

[Миладин Миладиноски (miladinoski)]

Thanks Tares, with your code mpd works again! :D

[Steve Beattie (sbeattie)]

This bug was reported in the Intrepid development cycle; removing regression-potential and marking as regression-release.

[NickTouik (touikan)]

I also confirm Tares fix works

[Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)]

Can you confirm this bug on Jaunty?

[tremby (tremby)]

Bug exists for me in Jaunty when using mpd git, but not the current version in the Ubuntu repositories.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Ok, if it's fixed with the official version, i'm closing here.

[Asheesh Laroia (paulproteus)]

Uh, sounds to me like it always worked fine in upstream, but never in Ubuntu because Ubuntu patches the defaults.

Is that a fair analysis? If so, this ought to be re-opened until a user *in Ubuntu* verifies that it is fixed.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Last comment by tremby suggests it's fixed with the official version in the ubuntu-archive:

"Bug exists for me in Jaunty when using mpd git, but not the current version in the Ubuntu repositories."

[tremby (tremby)]

The git version now runs fine for me, but that's 0.15~git, whereas the Ubuntu one is still 0.14. Anyway, both run now.