Bug 575903

Summary: pidgin segfault while loading libgstlv2.so (gstreamer): pidgin is unusable
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Dag <den.mail>
Component: gstreamer-plugins-bad-freeAssignee: Bastien Nocera <bnocera>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 12CC: bnocera, itamar, otte, stu, wtogami
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Description Dag 2010-03-22 17:02:57 UTC 
Description of problem:
when starting, pidgin never show up on the screen and is unusable, only a "kill -9" will end the pidgin process.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Pidgin 2.6.6-2.fc12 (libpurple 2.6.6)

rpm -qa for pidgin:
pidgin-2.6.6-2.fc12.x86_64

rpm -qa for libpurple:
libpurple-2.6.6-2.fc12.x86_64

rpm -qa for gst*:
gstreamer-tools-0.10.28-1.fc12.x86_64
gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.10.9-1.fc12.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.18-1.fc12.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.13-1.fc12.x86_64
gstreamer-0.10.28-1.fc12.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-nonfree-0.10.17-2.fc12.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.28-1.fc12.x86_64
gstreamer-python-0.10.16-1.fc12.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras-0.10.18-1.fc12.x86_64
PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-0.5.7-1.fc12.x86_64
gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.21-1.fc12.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install pidgin
2. run pidgin
3. it will never appear anywhere on your screen
  
Actual results:
$ pidgin 
Warning: Unable to create "trees" RDF storage.
Performance can be improved by upgrading librdf.

ERROR: Caught a segmentation fault while loading plugin file:
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libgstlv2.so

Please either:
- remove it and restart.
- run with --gst-disable-segtrap and debug.

Expected results:
Pidgin should start without complaint.

Additional info:
removing (or mv-ing) the gstreamer file will kind of "solve" the problem because pidgin will be able to start without any warning nor error.
# mv /usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libgstlv2.so /usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libgstlv2.so.back
Comment 1 Benjamin Otte 2010-05-14 21:33:16 UTC 
This has been fixed for a while, I believe with gstreamer-0.10.28-2.