> Correct me if I wrong but this call is happening from the Qt libraries, not from the VLC itself.
That is why it is a bug. The only safe place to call putenv() is early in the VLC main() function, before any thread is created. In practice, the VLC code base has long since been audited and all setenv(), unsetenv() and putenv() calls removed. VLC versions 1.1.0 and later actively prevent libraries from modifying its environment as this is a known cause of crashes; that's why you see the "Blocked: ..." error message. > Does that mean VLC initializes the UI in a different thread? Different thread than... ? Anyway, calling putenv() is not thread-safe in any case on glibc, regardless of which thread calls it: glibc does not protect the environment against concurrent accesses, so putenv() can crash a concurrent *env() function call from another thread. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805303 Title: Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_style_get: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed with the default qt4 gui To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt4-x11/+bug/805303/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
