Bugzilla Bug 141228

If one runs Xine from a directory that you don't have the permissions necessary
to be in, then it causes an infinite number of error boxes to open (or so it
seems) very quickly.  One way to easily cause this is as follows (though other
ones with changing directory permissions are also applicable):

From console, before starting X, log in as root
su into a user from the root's home.  (su username)
startx

From now on, when you open a terminal, you will be in /root instead of your
user's home initally (or, at the very least, I don't start off in $HOME).  Run
xine.

Choose to open a file, and Xine should go into an infinite loop as it does not
have permission to read in the directory it was started from.  This behavior is
probably undesirable, even if the setup very uncommon.

I am running Xine 0.99.4-r5.

xine-ui version? emerge --info?

When Xine attempts to read an unreadable directory at all, apparently, it
displays this bug.  The setup I previously believed necessary is not.  As user,
merely attempting to access /root from the GUI causes this bug.

xine-ui version was 0.99.4-r5 at first reporting (the most recent stable), as
stated in the original post, but I upgraded to 0.99.4-r6 and the bug still
remains.

emerge --info is below:
Portage 2.0.54-r2 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.5, glibc-2.3.6-r4,
2.6.17-gentoo i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0
dev-lang/python:     2.4.2
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     [Not Present]
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r2
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/X11/xkb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
LANG="en_US.utf8"
LC_ALL="en_US.UTF8"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 X a52 aac acpi aim alsa apache2 apm asf audiofile automount avi
bash-completion berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdr cj  k cli crypt cups curl
dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode exif expat fam firefox foomaticdb
fortran fuse gd gdbm gif glut g  nome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml idn
imagemagick imlib ipod ipv6 isdnlog jabber java javascript joystick jpeg kde
lcms libg  ++ libwww mad matroska mikmod mmx mmxext mng motif mp3 mpeg ncurses
nls no-helper nptl nsplugin ogg opengl openssh oscar oss p  am pcmcia pcre
pdflib perl php png pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime rdesktop readline real
reflection reiser4 reiserfs samba sdl   session slp spell spl sse sse2 sse3 ssl
stream subtitles svg svga tcpd theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts
udev un  icode usb v4l v4l2 vorbis wifi win32codecs wmf xine xinerama xml xml2
xmms xorg xscreensaver xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_  linux elibc_glibc"
Unset:  CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS,
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS

Can you please give a try to the 0.99.5_pre we have in tree? The behaviour
*might* have been fixed, but if not it would be useful to know .

Yes, the bug still exists with 0.99.5_pre20060716.

Seems fixed in media-video/xine-ui-0.99.5_pre20070303

Good luck!

Portage 2.1.2-r9 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0,
2.6.19-gentoo-r5 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
Timestamp of tree: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:50:01 +0000
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31
dev-lang/python:     2.4.3-r4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r6
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.19.2-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -msse3"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf
/etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo
/etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -msse3"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache collision-protect cvs distlocks
metadata-transfer multilib-strict parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/"
LANG="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="es_ES.UTF-8"
LINGUAS="es en_US"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress
--force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180
--exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/sunrise
/usr/portage/local/layman/armagetron /usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac aalib acpi alsa amd64 apache2 arts asf audiofile bash-completion
beagle bitmap-fonts bzip2 bzlib cairo caps cdb cdda cddb cdparanoia cdr cli
cpdflib cpudetection cracklib cross crypt cscope cups curl dbus dga divx4linux
dlloader dri dts dvb dvd dvdr dvdread encode erandom escreen esd evo evolution
exif fam fbcon flac foomaticdb fortran ftp galago gb gcj ggi gif gimp gimpprint
glitz glut glx gnome gnome-print gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal
iconv idn imagemagick imlib isdnlog ithreads jabber jack java jpeg kde
kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility latex lcms libg++ libnotify logrotate mad
madwifi midi mikmod mime mng mono motif mp3 mpeg mpi mplayer musepack
musicbrainz nas nautilus ncurses nethack network nls nocardbus nptl nptlonly
nvidia ogg oggvorbis openal opengl oss pam pcre pdf perl pic plotutils png
posix ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection rtc ruby scanner
sdl seamonkey session slang slp sockets spell spl sse3 ssl svg sysvipc tcltk
tcpd tetex theora threads tiff timidity tk totem trayicon truetype
truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb v4l v4l2 vcd videos vim vorbis wma wmf
xcomposite xine xml xml2 xorg xpm xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000
atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968
fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx
via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop
empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi
null plug rate route share shm softvol" DVB_CARDS="usb-dib0700" ELIBC="glibc"
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz
cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="es en_US"
USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv vesa fbdev vga"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS,
PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

(In reply to comment #5)
> Seems fixed in media-video/xine-ui-0.99.5_pre20070303
> 

xine-ui-0.99.5.ebuild:KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 sparc x86
~x86-fbsd"
xine-ui-0.99.5_pre20070303.ebuild:KEYWORDS="alpha amd64"

Seems fixed then?