[PD-dev] Re: [GEM-dev] glibc pthread_join freezing on sarge using pd/pdp/gem

B. Bogart ben at ekran.org
Wed Sep 21 18:37:56 CEST 2005



IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

> just to make sure: do other threaded objects work (like [readsf~] ?)

ReadSF~ works fine. I hear sound, no freezing.

> i see you are using libc6-i686
> could you try deinstalling it ?

That is libc6 2.3.5, I started off with 2.3.2 genertic and that was also
crashing.

> i guess that /etc/ld.so.conf is overriding /lib/ (but my guess might be
> pretty nonsense; anyhow it should be something like that)

Ok, I'll try and mess with ld.so.conf and see what happens.

> what i would do (if the above doesn't help) is to add post()s in the
> videoV4L.cpp code and random/strategic positions to see what it is doing
> (e.g. whether it is really hanging at pthread_join())

Sure, just tell me where to put them and I'll post the results.

> another solution would be to make the use of threads optional (if
> pthreads are the problem) but this would make video really not smooth

Probably not the best solution...

b.

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