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Title: Cheese crashes on startup with (cheese:18946): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strsplit: assertion 'string != NULL' failed Segmentation fault (core dumped) Status in cheese package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: cheese (cheese:18946): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strsplit: assertion 'string != NULL' failed Segmentation fault (core dumped) No video is ever produced ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: cheese 3.22.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-41.44-generic 4.8.17 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-41-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Fri Mar 24 21:29:59 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-03 (233 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) JournalErrors: Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000'] failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system. Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to turn off this notice. No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions. MachineType: OEGStone P9X79 LE RelatedPackageVersions: cheese 3.22.0-1ubuntu1 cheese-common 3.22.0-1ubuntu1 SourcePackage: cheese UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-01-04 (79 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/27/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 9505 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P9X79 LE dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr9505:bd04/27/2013:svnOEGStone:pnP9X79LE:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnP9X79LE:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: P9X79 LE dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: OEGStone To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cheese/+bug/1675935/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp