Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) reached end-of-life on May 16, 2014.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1071593 Title: padsp segfaults in VLC call to freopen() Status in PulseAudio: Confirmed Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: vlc segfaults when i launch it with: PULSE_SERVER=localhost:4716 ALSA_PCM_NAME=pulse padsp vlc /dev/cdrom >>/tmp/vlc.$$.ort 2>&1 and if i just launch it with "vlc", it shows a window with a orange striped cone, i select media->open disc, and the window ceases to render, staying all grey. works fine in natty. failures are in freshly installed (and updated) quantal: ii vlc 2.0.4-0ubuntu1 i386 multimedia player and streamer reinstalled from scratch, same result. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pulseaudio/+bug/1071593/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp