Segmentation fault in Ubuntu Edgy

[anemon]

Hi there!

Just ripped my first DVD with dvd::rip, and it worked like a breeze. That is, the file (in .avi format, encoded to xvid) plays just fine in MPlayer/Totem. The problem is that VLC won't accept the file! The program opens briefly, and then crashes without warning. Running it from terminal just gives me:

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VLC media player 0.8.6 Janus Segmentation fault (core dumped)

... and nothing more. Is there something wrong with the rip -- and, in that case, why would it work in Totem? I've never had any problems with VLC before, so I'm a bit confounded. What to do?

Best / A.

[anemon]

Hm. Doesn't seem to be much going on in this forum...

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Can you provide a sample ?
For me, the problem is your version of VLC. ubuntu ships an unsupported version.

[anemon]

Hey! Thanks for taking the time! Although I'm afraid I'm not sure what kind of "sample" to provide you with... Like, a sample of the .avi file? In that case, what software would I use to make one?

(You're up against a newbie!)

As for the version number, I guess that would be "0.8.6 Janus" (as in the code snippet above). Is there a more recent one? I also have the libdvdcss2 package, but not vlc-plugin-esd -- although that can hardly be the problem, right?

Best / A.

[ipkiss]

Since you have a core file, please provide the stack so that we at least know what part of VLC crashed. To do that, run 'gdb vlc core' (you may need to adapt the path to the core file, and the name may be slightly different). Then type 'where', and post the output here.

[anemon]

Would be glad to oblige, if I could only figure out a way to find the core file. What folder(s) would it most probably show up in?

[ipkiss]

It is often in the current directory, but not always, i don't know the rule. Also have a look in ~/.vlc (recursively).

If it is simply called "core", or "core.pid" (where pid is the process id), and if your file database is up to date (use "sudo updatedb" to make sure it is), the following command should give it (among other stuff):

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locate core | grep "/core\(\.\d\+\)\?$"

[nantonop]

if ur segfault does not produce a core dump then type "ulimit -c unlimited" on ur session and try again.

[diamondblast]

if ur segfault does not produce a core dump then type "ulimit -c unlimited" on ur session and try again.

Why things must be so complicated.
I don;t understand much and luckly this is not my problem this time.
However just trying to get this code dump .... it's sounds not so user friendly.
Sometimes I just wish to give up all this new stuff.