Bug#637637: yoshimi: Yoshimi seg faults when started with -j -A option

[info at bandshed.net]

To clarify,

The 'current' packages by pkg-multimedia are for Debian unstable and
migrate to Testing, their packaging work for Debian Stable 'Squeeze'
(other than bug fixes) has already been done as is the accepted Debian
practice.

AV Linux is based on Squeeze, focuses on a JACK1 environment and is an
arms length project from Debian and since there are no current sanctioned
Debian pkg-multimedia backports it employs custom packaging that
absolutely differs from the Quality control measures and lintian standards
of pure Debian packages.

As I mentioned earlier if you have an issue with the custom packaging then
this is not an appropriate venue to seek assistance. If AV Linux is not to
your liking that's unfortunate and hopefully using pure Debian will help
you achieve the desired result in which case the pkg-multimedia
maintainers can give you assistance if needed.

I am merely a mailing list member here and noticed the bug report and
hoped to direct the issue to the relevant forum to avoid wasting
pkg-multimedia's time and better address the issue.

GMaq


> Thanks, I tried what Alessio had mentioned below and encountered these
> results:
>
> Their installed yoshimi = 0.060.10avlinux-2
>
> Their yosihimi-data package = 0.058.1-1
>
> No Yoshimi-dbg version
>
> Their installed Jackd1 = 1:0.120.2avlinux-1
>
> jackd2 wasn't installed, version they list in repository = 1.9.6~dfsg.1-2
>
> The packages with avlinux in their names are all described as "custom
> built for AVLinux".
>
> I replaced their jackd1 with their jackd2 and was able to run JACK at
> 16msec latency without crash, but after that simnply starting Yoshimi
> with or without without any options gave me a segfault.
>
> It sounds to me like I should just avoid AVLinux. If they feel the need
> to do so many "custom packages," and at least 2 of their custom packaged
> versions don't work, I don't think I can trust their quality control
> enough to risk using their distro for production work.
>
>
> info at bandshed.net wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> If I'm not mistaken this bug and another JACK related bug here by the
>> same
>> reporter are 'avlinux' packages, therefore not packaged by
>> pkg-multimedia.
>> The yoshimi issue has been reported on the AV Linux forums and seems to
>> disappear simply by increasing the JACK 'Timeout' to 1000 or more.
>> Yoshimi
>> is custom packaged in AV Linux and has no dbg package currently.
>>
>> I append an 'avlinux' package name suffix to all my custom packages, and
>> would suggest to the reporter to feel welcome to seek assistance on the
>> AV
>> Linux user forums when there are issues with them since they are not
>> endorsed or the responsibility of the Debian pkg-multimedia team.
>>
>> I thought I'd better speak up on this to prevent any misunderstanding.
>> As
>> always my props and encouragement to the pkg-multimedia team.
>>
>> GMaq - AV Linux maintainer
>> AV Linux forum: http://www.remastersys.com/forums/index.php?board=20.0
>>
>>
>>> tags 637637 confirmed
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Live session user
>>> <gnome at hawaii.rr.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Started Yoshimi without options; it didn't appear in JACK. Started
>>>> with
>>>> -j -A
>>>> option, segfaults.
>>> I confirm those -j -A options prevent yoshimi to start fine.
>>> I haven't noticed this before because I use ladish to manage my
>>> audio&MIDI connections, and if launched without options it appears in
>>> gladish.
>>> I need some time to investigate further.
>>>
>>> Could you please install yoshimi-dbg and provide a backtrace?
>
>
> --
> David
> gnome at hawaii.rr.com
> authenticity, honesty, community
>