An image viewer and browser named "gthumb" crashed with a similar error message... *** Error in `/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gstreamer1.0/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugin-scanner': double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x81319610 ***
Its Backtrace ... /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x6738a)[0xb729c38a] /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x6dfc7)[0xb72a2fc7] /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x6e806)[0xb72a3806] /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6(_ZdlPv+0x18)[0xb6d2ba28] /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6(_ZNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEED1Ev+0x25)[0xb6dc7505] /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x2e7ab)[0xb72637ab] /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x2e811)[0xb7263811] /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x102)[0xb724d292] /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gstreamer1.0/gstreamer-1.0/gst-plugin-scanner(+0x715)[0x8008c715] Upgrading ... gthumb 3:3.4.3-2 -> 3:3.5.4-1 gthumb-data 3:3.4.3-2 -> 3:3.5.4-1 libcap2 1:2.24-12 -> 1:2.25-1.1 libcap2-bin 1:2.24-12 -> 1:2.25-1.1 seems to have fixed gthumb, but not melt. <sigh> So, Kingsley -- Time is the fire in which we all burn.