Bug#520025: soundserver: Artsd / soundserver locks up my AMD64 machine on the way in.
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 03:03:27PM -0700, Willy Gommel wrote:
> Package: libarts1c2a
> Version: 1.5.9-2+b1
> Severity: grave
> File: soundserver
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> First, I must note that this problem relates to my AMD64 machine, which has been so severely disrupted that I can no longer use it.
>
> First, this problem happened on my last software upgrade.
>
> Second, it takes the form of a constantly-recurring fatal error message that says that soundserver failed to initialize, or load, or words to that effect. The biggest problem is in connection with the fact that the system simply cannot "give up" -- it
> retries to load the soundserver at least every three seconds until it runs out of memory. Mu system has 2 GB of memory, which means that it can stack up 230 iterations of the procedure.
>
> I would doubtless try to reinstall Debian on the machine, except that (a) I have no guarantee that it would make any improvement, and (b) I want you to have a chance to debug it first.
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> I hopw you can debug it.
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> N.B.: This machine has had trouble running either gnash or Adobe Flash software for months now. I cannot help but wonder whether this failure is related to that problem or not.
>
Hi,
First, arts is dead, and there has not been code updates on it for years...
so in case this bug was caused by arts, it is unlikey to be fixed. Arts was also
a component of KDE 3 that is hopefully being removed from Debian soon.
Since you experienced the bug in another machine, what version are you using on that
system and what debian suite? The reported version is post lenny and it is not
anymore in the archive. It would be ok having the bug open if it is present in
lenny and a real problem in arts, in case somebody is able to fix it. If not
the bug will be closed when arts is removed. Also, if you discovered that the bug
is a problem in oher package, reassign.
Ana
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