Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 596481
[abrt] crash in istanbul-0.2.2-14.fc13: rq.py:848:parse_value:RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded
Last modified: 2014-02-15 09:58:23 EST
abrt 1.1.0 detected a crash. architecture: i686 Attached file: backtrace cmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/istanbul component: istanbul executable: /usr/bin/istanbul kernel: 2.6.34-11.fc14.i686 package: istanbul-0.2.2-14.fc13 reason: rq.py:848:parse_value:RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded release: Fedora release 13 (Goddard)
Created attachment 417007 [details] File: backtrace
Was this under a virtual machine by any chance? -jef
(In reply to comment #2) > Was this under a virtual machine by any chance? > > -jef No, I was not running Fedora on a virtual machine. [Message written with the help of google translate and reverso.net]
Hmm, I can't reproduce this crash. Istanbul on my desktop appears to work as expected using the default record settings. I'll need some more information from you if we are going to figure out what is going wrong. Can you give me a description of the actions you took leading up to the crash? Did the applet icon appear? Did you change the record settings in the applet away from the defaults? Did the icon change when you clicked the red circle record button? Did stopping the record work when you hit the square stop button? Did you get the save dialog window? Did the preview in the save dialog window work? Did saving to disk work? -jef
Created attachment 417480 [details] new bug new bug
I noticed that the bug occurs when compiz is enabled and when I use "Select Window to Record". To produce the bug: 1) enable compiz: System -> Desktop effects 2) run istanbul 3) to select "Select Window to Record" and click on the "Title bar" of a window. 4)Start recording 6)The recording doesn't start ... I click repeatedly on the red circle (or close the window) and get a bug. This is a video (I have used "recordMyDesktop") that shows the bug:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FI4OGDK2
Other information: > Did the applet icon appear? Yes > Did the icon change when you clicked the red circle record button? No > Did stopping the record work when you hit the square stop button? The square stop button does not appear. > Did you get the save dialog window? No > Did saving to disk work? No ... applet is blocked.
Please note: When I must select a window, I get the bug to select the "Title Bar" but if I click inside the window I do not get a bug.
Just to be clear... this only happens under compiz? If you you the default metacity window manager instead does istanbul work as expected? -jef
(In reply to comment #9) > Just to be clear... this only happens under compiz? Yes > If you you the default metacity window manager instead does istanbul work as expected? Yes I have this problem only when compiz is enabled. When compiz is disabled, istanbul correctly work (when use the function "Select Window to Record", I can click on the title bar or inside the window without finding bug).
Package: istanbul-0.2.2-14.fc13 Architecture: x86_64 OS Release: Fedora release 13 (Goddard) How to reproduce ----- 1. Double click on ICON 2. it was in KDE Desktop 3.
More Info: 1) Selected "Select Window to Record" 2) Not happening with Default Settings 3) No "Desktop Effects" used in KDE
Can you try one more test for me: In a terminal set the environment variable: GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 then run the istanbul command from that terminal. Does istanbul appear to run as expected with GDK_NATIVE_WINDOW=1 ? The GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 disables the gtk client side window drawing feature. Since the crash is actually in code from python-xlib, I suspect its an incompatibility introduced by the new client side window feature of gtk. -jef
(In reply to comment #13) > Can you try one more test for me: > > In a terminal set the environment variable: > > GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 > > then run the istanbul command from that terminal. Does istanbul appear to run > as expected with GDK_NATIVE_WINDOW=1 ? > > The GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 disables the gtk client side window drawing feature. > Since the crash is actually in code from python-xlib, I suspect its an > incompatibility introduced by the new client side window feature of gtk. > > > -jef Not working. Video: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L13CQUV1
Package: istanbul-0.2.2-14.fc13 Architecture: x86_64 OS Release: Fedora release 13 (Goddard) How to reproduce ----- 1. Start istanbul 2. Select window to record (right click system tray) 3. Start recording (left click system tray)
Nicolas, I'm still not able to reproduce this bug on my systems. I realize this is very frustrating for everyone affected. Makes me wonder if there is some sort of deep hardware dependency that makes this bug happen...but at this point I'm just hunting for potential unerlying causes. Can you tell me which video driver you are running? -jef
Created attachment 428536 [details] lspci -vvv output. The driver I'm currently usign is provided by: kmod-nvidia-195.36.24-2.fc13.1.x86_64 My desktop environment is: Platform Version 4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4) I installed an tried qt-recordmydesktop which looks very similar. That app works ok without problem. Since istanbul is gnome could it be a KDE specific issue?
no... its not a kde specific issue. the problem is in the python-xlib machinery that istanbul is using...which is agnostic. I need to find some nvidia hardware to test on and try to reproduce. All i have locally is intel video hardware. If recordmydesktop is working for you... just use that. I bet gtk-recordmydesktop works for you to. Istanbul is one of a very few handful of programs that use the python-xlib codebase. Istanbul itself is actually a very thin wrapper over python-xlib and gstreamer..essentially to handle the UI. The problem you are encountering is happening for other programs that use python-xlib as well. But I can't reproduce those problems either. -jef
Do you have a script that should reproduce the problem. That only executes the offending part of istanbul that i could run on my computer? I just did a fast sweep over the code, but don't have much time to go into it. It would be very nice if you have a test script that should reproduce the issue.
I use GNOME and can reproduce this reliably by switching window manager to KWin (using kwin --replace). The options I am using are: Record 3D, Record Sound, and selecting a specific window. Once I click Record, the icon changes to the stop icon, but I receive the crash message. The save to disk dialog never appears.
Michael, Great! I'll try to reproduce this scenario on my system. If I can reproduce it there's a good chance I can nail that one and get it patched. Though I think you might have stumbled onto something different than the more common python-xlib related problem. one question. are you running istanbul already when you do the Kwin replace? Or do you fireup istanbul after the replace? -jef
Jef, I'm stopping istanbul (killall istanbul) and restarting it after changing window managers. I should also note (I seem to have forgotten) the specific window I am trying to record is World of Warcraft running in Wine. I have yet to try recording any other windows; I've had no particular need to do so. :)
Package: istanbul-0.2.2-14.fc13 Architecture: i686 OS Release: Fedora release 13 (Goddard) How to reproduce ----- 1. Launch Istanbul 2. Select a window to record (from the taskbar menu) 3. Crash.
Package: istanbul-0.2.2-15.fc14 Architecture: i686 OS Release: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin) How to reproduce ----- 1.runing istanbul application 2. 3.
Package: istanbul-0.2.2-15.fc14 Architecture: i686 OS Release: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin) How to reproduce ----- I tried running the program, and used "select window" several times before I got this crash.
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Package: istanbul-0.2.2-15.fc14 Architecture: x86_64 OS Release: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin) How to reproduce ----- 1.Launched Istanbul 2.Pressed Record 3.Software reported a crach but did not close Comment ----- The software reported a crash but did not close. Left clicking the icon again put the software is Saving mode, but that did not terminate. Had to kill the process, no output was created.
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My bug report for this was from a Fedora 14 install -- not 13.
Reporting from Fedora 16 Linux 3.3.0-4.fc16.x86_64 istanbul x86_64 0.2.2-16.fc15 Can you give me a description of the actions you took leading up to the crash? The problem occurs when "Select Window to Record" is enabled. Did the applet icon appear? Yes. Did the icon change when you clicked the red circle record button? Yes + The bug reporting tool window poped up. Did stopping the record work when you hit the square stop button? No, only the icon changed. Did you get the save dialog window? No.
Still having this issue on Fedora 19. Any known workaround, please?