[mythtv] mythfrontend predictable segfault when compiled using GCC 3.4.3

Sasha Z kleptophobiac at gmail.com
Sun Nov 28 02:45:12 UTC 2004


I'm not a software developer... could you elaborate a little on the
process of using valgrind and how I can use it to give the devs
something useful?


On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:29:12 -0500, Isaac Richards <ijr at po.cwru.edu> wrote:
> On Saturday 27 November 2004 06:06 pm, Sasha Z wrote:
> 
> 
> > Arch Linux (updated 11/27/04)
> > Athlon XP 1800+
> > 512MB PC3200
> > MythTV CVS (updatedb 11/27/04)
> > Kernel 2.6.9
> > ivtv rc2w
> >
> > Anyway, when I change a setting in the frontend and go to watch TV, it
> > segfaults.
> >
> > If I leave the settings menu alone, it works fine.
> >
> > Any thoughts on that?
> 
> I'd maybe try running it through valgrind (which will be slow), and seeing if
> that shows anything useful.  The backtrace isn't helpful in this instance.
> 
> Isaac
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