Whenever I try to run Mplayer, it always returns 'Segmentation Fault' and no other error. This occurs immediately, and with no other error given. It evens occurs when I try just 'Mplayer --help'. There is a similar bug related to this regarding the Nvidida opengl driver, but this is not the same problem. I have tried the stable, ~x86, and hard-masked versions of Mplayer, as well as the -nptl, -opengl, and -nvidia flags with no success. I have also tried after switching the opengl interface from nvidia to xorg. No success. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run Mplayer. 2. 3. Actual Results: It returns 'Segmentation Fault'. Expected Results: Started Mplayer normally. Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.4.200 50125-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Apr 23 2005, 14:07:58) ] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.14 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X1 1/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ distributions/gentoo" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X a52 acpi alsa avi berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts crypt cups directfb dts dv d dvdread emboss encode esd faad fam ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gno me gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 i8x0 imlib ipv6 java jpeg libg++ libwww mad matroska m ikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pd flib perl png python quicktime readline sdl spell sse sse2 ssl svga tcpd tiff tr uetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis win32codecs wxwindows x xine xml2 xmms xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
could this be related to bug 87544? does this happen when using other players like xine? (if so, it is most likely related to the above bug)
i.e., which version of alsa do you use? additionally, do you use the kernel own drivers or the alsa-driver package from the portage tree?
Jonathan Smith-- Xine, VLC, and XMMS work normally, so I don't think it is a ALSA issue. Jan Brinkmann-- I am using the ALSA drivers included in the Gentoo-sources-2.6.11-r6 kernel, and I am compiling them as modules. My ALSA works fine in other applications.
My mplayer crashes too since short. I don't think, that it is related to alsa, I am aware of the broken kernel alsa drivers and use the ones of the alsa-driver package. Since mplayer was not updated recently, I think this bug is related to glibc, which makes nvidia-glx and Xorg itself crash, as soon as GLX module is loaded.
is the issue still a problem?
Version I am using: media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre7 $ mplayer -h Segmentation fault $ mplayer Segmentation fault $ gmplayer Segmentation fault # emerge info Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.12-rc3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-rc3 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.8 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -ftracer -ffast-math -fprefetch-loop-arrays" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -ftracer -ffast-math -fprefetch-loop-arrays" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt dvd emboss encode fam foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xine xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
emerge -vp mplayer alsa-driver alsa-lib please
# emerge -vp mplayer alsa-driver alsa-lib These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre7 -3dfx -3dnow -3dnowext +X -aac -aalib +alsa (-altivec) -arts -bidi -bl -cdparanoia -cpudetection -custom-cflags -debug -dga -directfb -divx4linux -doc -dts -dv -dvb +dvd -dvdread -edl +encode -esd -fbcon -ggi +gif +gtk -i8x0 +ipv6 -jack -joystick +jpeg -libcaca -lirc -live -lzo +mad -matroska -matrox -mmx -mmxext -mythtv -nas +nls +nvidia +opengl +oss +png -real -rtc -samba +sdl -sse -sse2 +svga -tga -theora +truetype -v4l -v4l2 +vorbis -win32codecs -xanim -xinerama +xmms +xv -xvid -xvmc 0 kB [ebuild N ] media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.9 -debug -doc +oss 0 kB [ebuild R ] media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.9 -doc -jack 0 kB Total size of downloads: 0 kB
that's the problem. disable the in-kernel alsa-driver and use the one from the portage tree. things are probably out of sync and you run into problems. follow the Gentoo Alsa Guide: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml
compiled new kernel 2.6.12_rc5 with out alsa sound, emerged alsa-driver, added it to /etc/make.conf, emerge alsa-utils, then started /etc/init.d/alsasound and mplayer/gmplayer worked like a charm.
Closing then
