Comment 2 for bug 36201

On breezy :
ii xmms 1.2.10+cvs20050209-2ub Versatile X audio player that looks like Winamp
ii xmms-arts 0.7.1-4 aRts Output plugin for xmms
ii xmms-flac 1.1.2-1ubuntu1 Free Lossless Audio Codec - XMMS input plugin
ii xmms-jack 0.14-3ubuntu4 xmms output plugin to the jack audio server
ii xmms-jackasyn 0.1-2 JACK Output plugin for xmms
ii xmms-mad 0.8-1 mp3 input plugin for xmms based on libmad
ii xmms-modplug 2.05-8build1 ModPlug plugin for XMMS
ii xmms-mp4 2.0.0clean-0ubuntu1 a mp4/aac audio player for xmms
ii xmms-musepack 1.2-RC1-0ubuntu1 Musepack Plugin for Beep-Media-Player
ii xmms-osd-plugin 2.2.14-1.2 XMMS plugin using xosd
ii xmms-sid 0.7.4+0.8.0beta14-1bui Input plugin for XMMS that plays SID (C64) tunes
ii xmms-singit 0.1.28-2 Display and edit lyrics with XMMS
ii xmms-skins 0.5-1 Skins for XMMS
ii xmms-status-plugin 1.0.0-2 Status panel applet for XMMS
ii xmms-volnorm 0.8.1-3 XMMS plugin that gives all songs the same volume level
un xmms-vorbis <néant> (aucune description n'est disponible)
ii xmms-xf86audio 0.4.2-1 XF86Audio multimedia-key support for XMMS
un xmmsarts <néant> (aucune description n'est disponible)

removing then reinstalling the xmms-flac plugin does not correct the problem.

$ gdb xmms
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This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...(no debugging symbols found)
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".

(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/xmms
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Message: device: default
Message: fmt 5, channels: 2
*** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (out): 0xb6cd2738 ***

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
[Switching to Thread -1213610304 (LWP 11370)]
0xb7bca62b in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
(gdb) where
#0 0xb7bca62b in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#1 0xb7bcbd3f in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#2 0xb7bfd2ad in __fsetlocking () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#3 0xb7c034e6 in malloc_trim () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#4 0xb7c0387d in free () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#5 0xb7e19d53 in g_free () from /usr/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0
#6 0xb6cc79a7 in set_track_info () from /usr/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-flac.so
#7 0xb6cd2465 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-flac.so
#8 0xb6cd1872 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-flac.so
#9 0xb6cd41f4 in flac_cfg () from /usr/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-flac.so
#10 0x081f8288 in ?? ()
#11 0x082104b4 in ?? ()
#12 0xb6cd2465 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-flac.so
#13 0xb6daac7c in vorbis_cfg () from /usr/lib/xmms/Input/libvorbis.so
#14 0x081f6004 in ?? ()
#15 0xb7ff5b30 in _dl_rtld_di_serinfo () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#16 0x08065fe2 in init_plugins ()
#17 0x08083265 in main ()
(gdb) q
The program is running. Exit anyway? (y or n) y