vlc crashed with SIGABRT in qt_message_output()

[Togo28]

Crashes on starting mp4 files

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: vlc-nox 2.2.0~pre2-4build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-13.19-generic 3.16.1
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-13-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Sep 6 17:42:11 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vlc
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-30 (159 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta i386 (20140326)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/vlc --started-from-file /home/username/dwhelper/Volcano_Eruption_in_Papua_New_Guinea.mp4
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: vlc
StacktraceTop:
 qt_message_output(QtMsgType, char const*) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4
 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4
 qFatal(char const*, ...) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4
 qt_assert(char const*, char const*, int) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4
 ?? () from /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/gui/libqt4_plugin.so
Title: vlc crashed with SIGABRT in qt_message_output()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-09-06 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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StacktraceTop:
 qt_message_output (msgType=QtFatalMsg, buf=0xa9f79bc0 "ASSERT: \"QEvent::registerEventType( i ) == i\" in file input_manager.cpp, line 69") at global/qglobal.cpp:2386
 qt_message (msgType=msgType@entry=QtFatalMsg, msg=msg@entry=0xb628fbac "ASSERT: \"%s\" in file %s, line %d", ap=0xb4549fd4 "\240\354m\266\n\353m\266E") at global/qglobal.cpp:2432
 qFatal (msg=0xb628fbac "ASSERT: \"%s\" in file %s, line %d") at global/qglobal.cpp:2615
 qt_assert (assertion=0xb66deca0 "QEvent::registerEventType( i ) == i", file=0xb66deb0a "input_manager.cpp", line=69) at global/qglobal.cpp:2060
 registerAndCheckEventIds (end=1123, start=1101) at input_manager.cpp:69

[Togo28 (togo28)]

This happened after upgrading to 14.10

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Rémi Denis-Courmont (rdenis)]

It seems like something is using the same Qt event ID ranges as VLC itself. I can't reproduce the problem, and I can only guess that it is caused by some Qt plugin or theme on the user's system.

[Rob (benssonrob)]

I'm using Ubuntu 14.10 and I'm also affected by this bug. I'm using the theme Radiance and everything else is @ the default settings.

[Rob (benssonrob)]

^ System theme just to be clear. VLC have its default theme.

[Enrico (enricobe)]

Same bug on Xubuntu 15.04 with Kernel 4.0

[Sebastian Ramacher (s-ramacher)]

Is this still an issue after changing to Qt 5?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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