vlc crashes at start

[Bogdan Butnaru]

Binary package hint: vlc

$ vlc
VLC media player 0.8.6 Janus

***MEMORY-WARNING***: [12174]: GSlice: g_thread_init() must be called before all other GLib functions; memory corruption due to late invocation of g_thread_init() has been detected; this program is likely to crash, leak or unexpectedly abort soon...
*** glibc detected *** vlc: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0x083d4e10 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x1bb)[0xb7c116eb]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_free+0x31)[0xb7020791]
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.6.so.0[0xb3263b70]
/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.6.so.0(_ZN8wxButton10SetDefaultEv+0x76)[0xb3263c56]
/usr/lib/vlc/gui/libwxwidgets_plugin.so(_ZN5wxvlc8MessagesC1EP13intf_thread_tP8wxWindow+0x5b4)[0xb36c86f4]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-08049000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 22445 /usr/bin/vlc
08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00000000 08:06 22445 /usr/bin/vlc
0804a000-08654000 rw-p 0804a000 00:00 0 [heap]
b2366000-b23e5000 r--p 00000000 08:06 40090 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
b23e5000-b2445000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 36803 /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b2445000-b24a5000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 36802 /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b24a5000-b24ce000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 270375 /usr/lib/libgnomecanvas-2.so.0.1400.0
b24ce000-b24cf000 rw-p 00029000 08:06 270375 /usr/lib/libgnomecanvas-2.so.0.1400.0
b24cf000-b250b000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 30082 /usr/lib/libgnomeprintui-2-2.so.0.1.0
b250b000-b250d000 rw-p 0003c000 08:06 30082 /usr/lib/libgnomeprintui-2-2.so.0.1.0
b250d000-b2522000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 132062 /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2.3.19
b2522000-b2523000 rw-p 00014000 08:06 132062 /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2.3.19
b2523000-b2587000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 37815 /usr/lib/libgnomeprint-2-2.so.0.1.0
b2587000-b2589000 rw-p 00063000 08:06 37815 /usr/lib/libgnomeprint-2-2.so.0.1.0
b258f000-b2593000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 22409 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so
b2593000-b2594000 rw-p 00003000 08:06 22409 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so
b2595000-b2597000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 179441 /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
b2597000-b2598000 rw-p 00001000 08:06 179441 /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
b2598000-b259e000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 22417 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-xpm.so
b259e000-b259f000 rw-p 00005000 08:06 22417 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-xpm.so
b259f000-b25a0000 r--s 00000000 08:06 470253 /var/cache/fontconfig/0e093ca59f7ee779d80204ae75beb331-x86.cache-2
b25a0000-b25a4000 r--s 00000000 08:06 469054 /var/cache/fontconfig/92c85ebb28839d4d7b893ad84e650bb0-x86.cache-2
b25a4000-b25a6000 r--s 00000000 08:06 474358 /var/cache/fontconfig/53bea4e5bd8c3bbfc1adfee4c239089c-x86.cache-2
b25a6000-b25a9000 r--s 00000000 08:06 474357 /var/cache/fontconfig/603b2eb47209ddb3c5269b217a306167-x86.cache-2
b25a9000-b25af000 r--s 00000000 08:06 474356 /var/cache/fontconfig/945677eb7aeaf62f1d50efc3fb3ec7d8-x86.cache-2
b25af000-b25b3000 r--s 00000000 08:06 474353 /var/cache/fontconfig/e25ca923d7a08ab6b0777bd7eb77ea77-x86.cache-2
b25b3000-b25b6000 r--s 00000000 08:06 474349 /var/cache/fontconfig/a46337af8a0b4c9b317ad981ec3bdf87-x86.cache-2
b25b6000-b25b7000 r--s 00000000 08:06 474347 /var/cache/fontconfig/d3685354d3ac2de423f1f8940bfaf401-x86.cache-2
b25b7000-b25b8000 r--s 00000000 08:06 474346 /var/cache/fontconfig/cc350556a40230a43bbdf28d7b7e2141-x86.cache-2
b25b8000-b25b9000 r--s 00000000 08:06 474345 /var/cache/fontconfig/fd9505950c048a77dc4b710eb6a628ed-x86.cache-2
b25b9000-b25bc000 r--s 00000000 08:06 474344 /var/cache/fontconfig/ddc79d3ea06a7c6ffa86ede85f3bb5df-x86.cache-2
b25bc000-b25bd000 r--s 00000000 08:06 22681 /var/cache/fontconfig/fc14e3aff40829fbb7132d5e06a8168b-x86.cache-2
b25bd000-b25be000 r--s 00000000 08:06 21641 /var/cache/fontconfig/dc69028cb7d26f67d8024a5e4f94b512-x86.cache-2
b25be000-b25bf000 r--s 00000000 08:06 471644 /var/cache/fontconfig/86fd9093087ffcd0d509276d6955595f-x86.cache-2
b25bf000-b25c0000 r--s 00000000 08:06 471327 /var/cache/fontconfig/e7071f4a29fa870f4323321c154eba04-x86.cache-2
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b267f000-b2686000 r--s 00000000 08:06 473152 /var/cache/fontconfig/142ecfc435bad6f1fbc2648c1119d5eb-x86.cache-2
b2686000-b268c000 r--s 00000000 08:06 473419 /var/cache/fontconfig/102e5142c2e9e50c5e8ece26694a2dad-x86.cache-2
b268c000-b268d000 r--s 00000000 08:06 473418 /var/cache/fontconfig/92a571655fb1c0ec1c4d6f496220600a-x86.cache-2
b268d000-b2695000 r--s 00000000 08:06 124157 /var/cache/fontconfig/a960c40fc9306f090224a04585f8a963-x86.cache-2
b2695000-b269b000 r--s 00000000 08:06 124148 /var/cache/fontconfig/9404ff413c67fc2a1526fd14eb4163a8-x86.cache-2
b269b000-b26ad000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 35715 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libubuntulooks.so
b26ad000-b26ae000 rw-p 00011000 08:06 35715 /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libubuntulooks.so
b26ae000-b2785000 r--p 00000000 08:06 1661 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_COLLATE
b2785000-b2786000 ---p b2785000 00:00 0
b2786000-b2f86000 rw-p b2786000 00:00 0
b2f86000-b2f8a000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 179563 /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.1304.0
b2f8a000-b2f8b000 rw-p 00003000 08:06 179563 /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.1304.0
b2f8b000-b30b9000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 30731 /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.6.so.0.3.1
b30b9000-b30c1000 rw-p 0012d000 08:06 30731 /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.6.so.0.3.1
b30c1000-b30ce000 rw-p b30c1000 00:00 0
b30ce000-b30fb000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 32054 /usr/lib/libwx_baseu_net-2.6.so.0.3.1
b30fb000-b30fd000 rw-p 0002c000 08:06 32054 /usr/lib/libwx_baseu_net-2.6.so.0.3.1
b30fd000-b3105000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 32384 /usr/lib/libwx_baseu_xml-2.6.so.0.3.1
b3105000-b3106000 rw-p 00007000 08:06 32384 /usr/lib/libwx_baseu_xml-2.6.so.0.3.1
b3106000-b33e8000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 68267 /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.6.so.0.3.1
b33e8000-b340a000 rw-p 002e2000 08:06 68267 /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.6.so.0.3.1
b340a000-b3410000 rw-p b340a000 00:00 0
b3410000-b34ac000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 68208 /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.6.so.0.3.1
b34ac000-b34b3000 rw-p 0009b000 08:06 68208 /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.6.so.0.3.1
b34b3000-b34b5000 rw-p b34b3000 00:00 0
b34b5000-b353f000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 68292 /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_html-2.6.so.0.3.1
b353f000-b3545000 rw-p 00089000 08:06 68292 /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_html-2.6.so.0.3.1
b3545000-b3563000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 68706 /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_qa-2.6.so.0.3.1
b3563000-b3565000 rw-p 0001d000 08:06 68706 /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_qa-2.6.so.0.3.1
b3565000-b35e7000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 68719 /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_xrc-2.6.so.0.3.1
b35e7000-b35eb000 rw-p 00081000 08:06 68719 /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_xrc-2.6.so.0.3.1
b35eb000-b35ec000 rw-p b35eb000 00:00 0
b35ec000-b35ef000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 36804 /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
b35ef000-b35f6000 r--s 00000000 08:06 473415 /var/cache/fontconfig/b3fedf7c409f006ca1a6fceffceb77cf-x86.cache-2
b35f6000-b35fc000 r--s 00000000 08:06 473414 /var/cache/fontconfig/6330322105e0c4105d7c7a6ea2974107-x86.cache-2
b35fc000-b35fe000 r--s 00000000 08:06 302543 /var/cache/fontconfig/7ef2298fde41cc6eeb7af42e48b7d293-x86.cache-2
b35fe000-b35ff000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 196663 /usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so
b35ff000-b3601000 rw-p 00000000 08:06 196663 /usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so
b3601000-b3602000 r--p 00000000 08:06 10549 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_NUMERIC
b3602000-b3763000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 26439 /usr/lib/vlc/gui/libwxwidgets_plugin.so
b3763000-b3776000 rw-p 00160000 08:06 26439 /usr/lib/vlc/gui/libwxwidgets_plugin.so
b3776000-b377a000 rw-p b3776000 00:00 0
b377a000-b377b000 ---p b377a000 00:00 0
b377b000-b3f7b000 rw-p b377b000 00:00 0
b3f7b000-b3f7c000 ---p b3f7b000 00:00 0
b3f7c000-b477c000 rw-p b3f7c000 00:00 0
b477c000-b477d000 ---p b477c000 00:00 0
b477d000-b4f7d000 rw-p b477d000 00:00 0
b4f7d000-b4f7e000 ---p b4f7d000 00:00 0
b4f7e000-b577e000 rw-p b4f7e000 00:00 0
b577e000-b5780000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 36764 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_output/libaout_file_plugin.so
b5780000-b5781000 rw-p 00001000 08:06 36764 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_output/libaout_file_plugin.so
b5781000-b5786000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 36761 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_output/libalsa_plugin.so
b5786000-b5787000 rw-p 00004000 08:06 36761 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_output/libalsa_plugin.so
b5787000-b578a000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 36766 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_outpAborted (core dumped)

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

If you run it from terminal using the command G_SLICE=always-malloc vlc does it crash? Atleast i have found it does not crash using this comaand. I will know more monday about this issue.

[Bogdan Butnaru (bogdanb)]

Yes, when I run it like that it doesn't crash anymore.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for vlc (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]