VLC Crash inside GDB

$ gdb vlc
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.1
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i686-w64-mingw32".
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Reading symbols from c:\downloads\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002-win32-debug\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002/vlc.exe...done.
(gdb) r
Starting program: c:\downloads\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002-win32-debug\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002/vlc.exe 
[New Thread 3544.0xe7c]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x77942262 in ntdll!LdrQueryProcessModuleInformation ()
   from C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll
(gdb) bt
[#0](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/0)  0x77942262 in ntdll!LdrQueryProcessModuleInformation ()
   from C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll
[#1](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/1)  0xfeeeff0a in ?? ()
[#2](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/2)  0xfeeefeee in ?? ()
[#3](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/3)  0x00000075 in ?? ()
[#4](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/4)  0x0028ffc4 in ?? ()
[#5](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/5)  0x767f9496 in KERNELBASE!FindFirstFileA ()
   from C:\Windows\syswow64\KernelBase.dll
[#6](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/6)  0xfeeeff0a in ?? ()
[#7](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/7)  0xe54fa9d7 in ?? ()
[#8](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/8)  0x0098b6a0 in ?? ()
[#9](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/9)  0x76c529e7 in msvcrt!_findclose () from C:\Windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
[#10](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/10) 0x686d54dc in closedir ()
   from c:\downloads\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002-win32-debug\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002\libvlccore.dll
[#11](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/11) 0x686fc9b4 in p_VYUY_fallback ()
   from c:\downloads\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002-win32-debug\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002\libvlccore.dll
[#12](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/12) 0x686493ce in vlc_CPU_CheckPluginDir (
    name=0x686d54dc "\211D$\034\211\034$èÀ\217") at misc/cpu.c:420
[#13](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/13) 0x6864112a in AllocatePluginDir (p_this=<value optimized out>, 
    p_bank=<value optimized out>, psz_dir=<value optimized out>, i_maxdepth=5)
    at modules/modules.c:905
[#14](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/14) 0x68641a5e in AllocateAllPlugins (p_this=0x982f74)
    at modules/modules.c:855
[#15](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/15) module_LoadPlugins (p_this=0x982f74) at modules/modules.c:214
[#16](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/16) 0x685c332c in libvlc_InternalInit (p_libvlc=0x982f74, i_argc=2, 
    ppsz_argv=0x28fde0) at libvlc.c:413
[#17](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/17) 0x6aa91575 in libvlc_new (argc=1, argv=0x28fe40) at control/core.c:58
[#18](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/18) 0x00401b7f in WinMain@16 (hInstance=0x400000, hPrevInstance=0x0, 
    lpCmdLine=0x6d3e29 "", nCmdShow=10) at winvlc.c:183
[#19](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/19) 0x00402299 in main ()
(gdb) q

VLC crashed I tried to run it through the debugger but it refused to run.

Sorry about the unreadable formatting, here's I'm pasting it again.

$ gdb vlc
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.2.50.20100823-cvs
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i686-w64-mingw32".
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
Reading symbols from c:\downloads\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002-win32-debug\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002/vlc.exe...done.
(gdb) r
Starting program: c:\downloads\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002-win32-debug\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002/vlc.exe 
[New Thread 5776.0x1328]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x77942262 in ntdll!LdrQueryProcessModuleInformation () from C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll
(gdb) bt
[#0](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/0)  0x77942262 in ntdll!LdrQueryProcessModuleInformation () from C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll
[#1](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/1)  0xfeeeff0a in ?? ()
[#2](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/2)  0xfeeefeee in ?? ()
[#3](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/3)  0x00000075 in ?? ()
[#4](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/4)  0x0028ffc4 in ?? ()
[#5](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/5)  0x767f9496 in KERNELBASE!FindFirstFileA () from C:\Windows\syswow64\KernelBase.dll
[#6](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/6)  0xfeeeff0a in ?? ()
[#7](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/7)  0xa873ea45 in ?? ()
[#8](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/8)  0x006cb6a0 in ?? ()
[#9](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/9)  0x76c529e7 in msvcrt!_findclose () from C:\Windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
[#10](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/10) 0x65af54dc in closedir () from c:\downloads\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002-win32-debug\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002\libvlccore.dll
[#11](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/11) 0x65b1c9b4 in p_VYUY_fallback () from c:\downloads\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002-win32-debug\vlc-1.2.0-git-20100823-0002\libvlccore.dll
[#12](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/12) 0x65a693ce in vlc_CPU_CheckPluginDir (name=0x65af54dc "‰D$\034‰\034$è\217") at misc/cpu.c:420
[#13](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/13) 0x65a6112a in AllocatePluginDir (p_this=<value optimized out>, p_bank=<value optimized out>, psz_dir=<value optimized out>, i_maxdepth=5) at modules/modules.c:905
[#14](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/14) 0x65a61a5e in AllocateAllPlugins (p_this=0x6c2f74) at modules/modules.c:855
[#15](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/15) module_LoadPlugins (p_this=0x6c2f74) at modules/modules.c:214
[#16](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/16) 0x659e332c in libvlc_InternalInit (p_libvlc=0x6c2f74, i_argc=2, ppsz_argv=0x28fde0) at libvlc.c:413
[#17](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/17) 0x68611575 in libvlc_new (argc=1, argv=0x28fe40) at control/core.c:58
[#18](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/18) 0x00401b7f in WinMain (hInstance=0x400000, hPrevInstance=0x0, lpCmdLine=0x453e29 "", nCmdShow=10) at winvlc.c:183
[#19](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/19) 0x00402299 in main ()

assigned to @Courmisch

changed the description

added Component::Bindings: LibVLC (native API) label

unassigned @Courmisch

Looks like the fix is in this commit today.

http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc/vlc-1.1.git/?a=commit;h=43a31df56c37bd62c691cdbe3c1f11babd164b56

Replying to [comment:4 random]:

Looks like the fix is in this commit today.

http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc/vlc-1.1.git/?a=commit;h=43a31df56c37bd62c691cdbe3c1f11babd164b56 Unrelated.

Just ran gdb vlc-1.1.0-win32 it was okay. 1.2 only problem then?

added Status::fixed label

changed milestone to %1.0.x maintenance

closed