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

[david]

Thanks.

Alessio - I will try installing yoshimi-dbg with Aptosid (Debian Sid) 
and see if I can trigger the  seg fault there. What do I do to get a 
backtrace for you?

info at bandshed.net wrote:
> 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?


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