xine fails to start, always crashes

[Kees Cook]

Binary package hint: xine-ui

$ xine
This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.6cvs.
(c) 2000-2007 The xine Team.
xiTK WARNING(_x_error_handler:258): X error received: 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request: 20 (X_GetProperty)
  Resource id in failed request: 0x14000ae
  Serial number of failed request: 35
  Current serial number in output stream: 35

(gdb) br _XError
Function "_XError" not defined.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) y

Breakpoint 1 (_XError) pending.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/xine
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.6cvs.
(c) 2000-2007 The xine Team.

Breakpoint 1, 0xb7e0c736 in _XError () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0 0xb7e0c736 in _XError () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
#1 0xb7e135ce in _XReply () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
#2 0xb7df10b6 in XGetWindowProperty () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
#3 0x080cf945 in xitk_check_wm (display=0x813bbc8, black=..., verbosity=0)
    at xitk.c:501
#4 xitk_init (display=0x813bbc8, black=..., verbosity=0) at xitk.c:1880
#5 0x0805a110 in gui_init (nfiles=0, filenames=0x813088c,
    window_attribute=0x8123034) at event.c:1646
#6 0x0806d276 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffffd64) at main.c:2024
(gdb) cont
Continuing.
xiTK WARNING(_x_error_handler:258): X error received: 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'

Breakpoint 1, 0xb7e0c736 in _XError () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0 0xb7e0c736 in _XError () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
#1 0xb7e135ce in _XReply () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
#2 0xb7df10b6 in XGetWindowProperty () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
#3 0x080cd25a in get_wm_name (display=0x813bbc8, win=20971694,
    atom_name=<value optimized out>) at xitk.c:395
#4 0x080cf987 in xitk_check_wm (display=0x813bbc8, black=..., verbosity=0)
    at xitk.c:519
#5 xitk_init (display=0x813bbc8, black=..., verbosity=0) at xitk.c:1880
#6 0x0805a110 in gui_init (nfiles=0, filenames=0x813088c,
    window_attribute=0x8123034) at event.c:1646
#7 0x0806d276 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffffd64) at main.c:2024
(gdb) cont
Continuing.
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request: 20 (X_GetProperty)
  Resource id in failed request: 0x14000ae
  Serial number of failed request: 35
  Current serial number in output stream: 35

Program exited with code 01.
(gdb) quit

Happens under openbox, metacity, you name it, but only on my mythtv machine, not my local desktop.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Dec 2 21:17:49 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xine-ui 0.99.5+cvs20070914-2.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-2.2-generic
SourcePackage: xine-ui
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-2-generic x86_64

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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