On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, [ISO-8859-1] Giulio Daprelà wrote: > On 8/4/05, Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C > > > > normal, as Matt remarked. > > > > > *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0xb6dfa524 *** > > > Aborted > > > > > It seems that the problem is originated by some locale in Xlib, and, > therefore, in X, but only Gdk is affected by that problem, am I right?
I don't think so, the WARNING is telling you that Xlib will run in the C locale for any messages, it appears to be separate from the error that glibc detected. > I have installed a precompiled, localised version of Firefox. It needs > the same version of Gtk (GTK+-1.2.10) as XMMS, but it works fine. > Is there a way to verify what could be wrong in X? I have a lot of > other applications running in X but XMMS is the only having this > problem. > Almost certainly, it's an XMMS problem. > > > > I had something similar a few months back on ppc, caused by one of the > > plugins, but I can't find any notes. I tracked it down by building gdb, > > starting XMMS from within gdb, then doing a backtrace (bt) after it > > crashed. The trace showed it was in some sort of startup code and > > calling one of the plugins. I removed the plugin (all I remember was > > that it was for something that I didn't think was very important) and it > > worked fine. > > > > Unfortunately my installation of XMMS is "clean". I started XMMS after > the installation, without any skin or plugin installed. > I know gdb but don't know how to use it, and at this moment I don't > have the time to learn it. I think I'll use another player for the > moment! :-) > For this use, it should be simple enough - build and install gdb, start it, 'run XMMS', then 'bt' after it gets aborted. Ken -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
