[arch-general] Knotify4 segmentation fault

[Jan Steffens]

See if it works after you remove (and backup) .asoundrc

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Jan Steffens <jan.steffens at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What are the contents of /etc/asound.conf and ~/.asoundrc?
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I am using kde 4.4.4. whenever i get any notifications knotify4 throws
>>> up error stating seg fault. this is very annoying cause sometime while
>>> chatting if chat window is unfocused, if someone replies, i get
>>> notification and immediately knotify throws error.
>>>
>>> Application: KNotify (knotify4), signal: Segmentation fault
>>> [KCrash Handler]
>>> #5  0x00007f2fed7912f0 in snd_pcm_extplug_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2
>>> #6  0x00007f2fed750d65 in snd_pcm_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2
>>> #7  0x00007f2fed76f135 in snd_pcm_plug_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2
>>> #8  0x00007f2fed750d65 in snd_pcm_close () from /usr/lib/libasound.so.2
>>> #9  0x00007f2febbd0f98 in gst_alsasink_close () from
>>> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstalsa.so
>>> #10 0x00007f2fec30eb86 in gst_audioringbuffer_close_device () from
>>> /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0
>>> #11 0x00007f2fec2ff143 in gst_ring_buffer_close_device () from
>>> /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0
>>> #12 0x00007f2fec30a396 in gst_base_audio_sink_change_state () from
>>> /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0
>>> #13 0x00007f2fecbb28fc in gst_element_change_state () from
>>> /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
>>> #14 0x00007f2fecbb32e2 in gst_element_set_state_func () from
>>> /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
>>> #15 0x00007f2fed2efa2a in
>>> Phonon::Gstreamer::AudioOutput::setOutputDevice(Phonon::ObjectDescription<(Phonon::ObjectDescriptionType)0>
>>> const&) ()
>>>   from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so
>>> #16 0x00007f2ff7c2185c in
>>> Phonon::AudioOutputPrivate::setupBackendObject() () from
>>> /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4
>>> #17 0x00007f2ff7c21e63 in
>>> Phonon::AudioOutputPrivate::createBackendObject() () from
>>> /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4
>>> #18 0x00007f2ff7c1f0cc in
>>> Phonon::AudioOutputPrivate::init(Phonon::Category) () from
>>> /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4
>>> #19 0x000000000040c871 in _start ()
>>>
>>
>
> cat shows this error cat: /etc/asound.conf: No such file or directory.
>
> The output of cat ~/.asoundrc is
>
> ctl.equal {
>  type equal;
> }
>
> pcm.plugequal {
>  type equal;
>  # Modify the line below if you don't
>  # want to use sound card 0.
>  #slave.pcm "plughw:0,0";
>  #by default we want to play from more sources at time:
>  slave.pcm "plug:dmix";
> }
>
> #pcm.equal {
>  # Or if you want the equalizer to be your
>  # default soundcard uncomment the following
>  # line and comment the above line.
> pcm.!default {
>  type plug;
>  slave.pcm plugequal;
> }
>