glibc 2.8 detects invalid free() pointer

Using 1.0 from the website and still having this problem

Same here.

I'm using the .deb for 1.0.0 I got from getdeb.net. Ubuntu Intrepid 32 bits, vanilla packages as far as I can tell.

A bug when freeing some memory, that only causes a crash with some versions of glibc? An incompatibility with the glibc version included in Intrepid? Totally unrelated?

Same problem here, Gentoo x86. There are no debugging symbols in the binaries, so backtraces are not helpful.

same on default ubuntu 8.10 amd64 install

Same here on Ubuntu intrepid AMD64 with 1.0.0 from the website.

Same here. IIRC this started when I upgraded to the nvidia 180.x driver series, which fixes a lot of important problems with KDE4.

My system is Gentoo x64.
Here's the output, although it changes slightly everytime I run songbird.

*** glibc detected *** /opt/songbird/./songbird-bin: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f9da0a32ac0 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0x7f9da0bba438]
/lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x76)[0x7f9da0bbbf76]
//usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libnvidia-tls.so.1[0x7f9da1d35a2b]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-00408000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 458726 /opt/songbird/songbird-bin
00608000-00609000 rw-p 00008000 08:02 458726 /opt/songbird/songbird-bin
40ff2000-40ff4000 rwxp 00000000 00:0e 1108 /dev/zero
7f9d96681000-7f9d973a7000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1324735 /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.180.16
7f9d973a7000-7f9d974a6000 ---p 00d26000 08:02 1324735 /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.180.16
7f9d974a6000-7f9d978cb000 rwxp 00d25000 08:02 1324735 /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.180.16
7f9d978cb000-7f9d978dc000 rwxp 7f9d978cb000 00:00 0
7f9d978dc000-7f9d978df000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 313535 /lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
7f9d978df000-7f9d97ade000 ---p 00003000 08:02 313535 /lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
7f9d97ade000-7f9d97adf000 r--p 00002000 08:02 313535 /lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
7f9d97adf000-7f9d97ae0000 rw-p 00003000 08:02 313535 /lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
7f9d97ae0000-7f9d97ae5000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1590126 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
7f9d97ae5000-7f9d97ce4000 ---p 00005000 08:02 1590126 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
7f9d97ce4000-7f9d97ce5000 r--p 00004000 08:02 1590126 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
7f9d97ce5000-7f9d97ce6000 rw-p 00005000 08:02 1590126 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
7f9d97ce6000-7f9d97ce8000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1083439 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7f9d97ce8000-7f9d97ee7000 ---p 00002000 08:02 1083439 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7f9d97ee7000-7f9d97ee8000 r--p 00001000 08:02 1083439 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7f9d97ee8000-7f9d97ee9000 rw-p 00002000 08:02 1083439 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7f9d97ee9000-7f9d97f8d000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1324732 /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.180.16
7f9d97f8d000-7f9d9808c000 ---p 000a4000 08:02 1324732 /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.180.16
7f9d9808c000-7f9d980c4000 rwxp 000a3000 08:02 1324732 /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.180.16
7f9d980c4000-7f9d980da000 rwxp 7f9d980c4000 00:00 0
7f9d980da000-7f9d98103000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1003936 /usr/lib64/libglitz.so.1.0.0
7f9d98103000-7f9d98302000 ---p 00029000 08:02 1003936 /usr/lib64/libglitz.so.1.0.0
7f9d98302000-7f9d98303000 r--p 00028000 08:02 1003936 /usr/lib64/libglitz.so.1.0.0
7f9d98303000-7f9d98304000 rw-p 00029000 08:02 1003936 /usr/lib64/libglitz.so.1.0.0
7f9d98304000-7f9d9830c000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 263776 /lib64/librt-2.9.so
7f9d9830c000-7f9d9850b000 ---p 00008000 08:02 263776 /lib64/librt-2.9.so
7f9d9850b000-7f9d9850c000 r--p 00007000 08:02 263776 /lib64/librt-2.9.so
7f9d9850c000-7f9d9850d000 rw-p 00008000 08:02 263776 /lib64/librt-2.9.so
7f9d9850d000-7f9d98524000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1020853 /usr/lib64/libICE.so.6.3.0
7f9d98524000-7f9d98723000 ---p 00017000 08:02 1020853 /usr/lib64/libICE.so.6.3.0
7f9d98723000-7f9d98724000 r--p 00016000 08:02 1020853 /usr/lib64/libICE.so.6.3.0
7f9d98724000-7f9d98725000 rw-p 00017000 08:02 1020853 /usr/lib64/libICE.so.6.3.0
7f9d98725000-7f9d98729000 rw-p 7f9d98725000 00:00 0
7f9d98729000-7f9d98730000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1574645 /usr/lib64/libSM.so.6.0.0
7f9d98730000-7f9d98930000 ---p 00007000 08:02 1574645 /usr/lib64/libSM.so.6.0.0
7f9d98930000-7f9d98931000 r--p 00007000 08:02 1574645 /usr/lib64/libSM.so.6.0.0
7f9d98931000-7f9d98932000 rw-p 00008000 08:02 1574645 /usr/lib64/libSM.so.6.0.0
7f9d98932000-7f9d9893b000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 311320 /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7f9d9893b000-7f9d98b3a000 ---p 00009000 08:02 311320 /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7f9d98b3a000-7f9d98b3b000 r--p 00008000 08:02 311320 /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7f9d98b3b000-7f9d98b3c000 rw-p 00009000 08:02 311320 /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7f9d98b3c000-7f9d98b42000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1100427 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
7f9d98b42000-7f9d98d41000 ---p 00006000 08:02 1100427 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
7f9d98d41000-7f9d98d42000 r--p 00005000 08:02 1100427 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
7f9d98d42000-7f9d98d43000 rw-p 00006000 08:02 1100427 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
7f9d98d43000-7f9d98d4b000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 328997 /usr/lib64/libXi.so.6.0.0
7f9d98d4b000-7f9d98f4a000 ---p 00008000 08:02 328997 /usr/lib64/libXi.so.6.0.0
7f9d98f4a000-7f9d98f4b000 r--p 00007000 08:02 328997 /usr/lib64/libXi.so.6.0.0
7f9d98f4b000-7f9d98f4c000 rw-p 00008000 08:02 328997 /usr/lib64/libXi.so.6.0.0
7f9d98f4c000-7f9d98f4e000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1573034 /usr/lib64/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
7f9d98f4e000-7f9d9914d000 ---p 00002000 08:02 1573034 /usr/lib64/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
7f9d9914d000-7f9d9914e000 r--p 00001000 08:02 1573034 /usr/lib64/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
7f9d9914e000-7f9d9914f000 rw-p 00002000 08:02 1573034 /usr/lib64/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
7f9d9914f000-7f9d9915f000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 590619 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7f9d9915f000-7f9d9935e000 ---p 00010000 08:02 590619 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7f9d9935e000-7f9d9935f000 r--p 0000f000 08:02 590619 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7f9d9935f000-7f9d99360000 rw-p 00010000 08:02 590619 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7f9d99360000-7f9d993cf000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 561982 /usr/lib64/libgio-2.0.so.0.1800.1
7f9d993cf000-7f9d995cf000 ---p 0006f000 08:02 561982 /usr/lib64/libgio-2.0.so.0.1800.1
7f9d995cf000-7f9d995d1000 r--p 0006f000 08:02 561982 /usr/lib64/libgio-2.0.so.0.1800.1
7f9d995d1000-7f9d995d2000 rw-p 00071000 08:02 561982 /usr/lib64/libgio-2.0.so.0.1800.1
7f9d995d2000-7f9d995d3000 rw-p 7f9d995d2000 00:00 0
7f9d995d3000-7f9d995d8000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1100485 /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
7f9d995d8000-7f9d997d7000 ---p 00005000 08:02 1100485 /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
7f9d997d7000-7f9d997d8000 r--p 00004000 08:02 1100485 /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
7f9d997d8000-7f9d997d9000 rw-p 00005000 08:02 1100485 /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
7f9d997d9000-7f9d997db000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 311109 /usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
7f9d997db000-7f9d999da000 ---p 00002000 08:02 311109 /usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
7f9d999da000-7f9d999db000 r--p 00001000 08:02 311109 /usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
7f9d999db000-7f9d999dc000 rw-p 00002000 08:02 311109 /usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
7f9d999dc000-7f9d999de000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1590572 /usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
7f9d999de000-7f9d99bdd000 ---p 00002000 08:02 1590572 /usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
7f9d99bdd000-7f9d99bde000 r--p 00001000 08:02 1590572 /usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
7f9d99bde000-7f9d99bdf000 rw-p 00002000 08:02 1590572 /usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
7f9d99bdf000-7f9d99be0000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 90136 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7f9d99be0000-7f9d99ddf000 ---p 00001000 08:02 90136 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7f9d99ddf000-7f9d99de0000 r--p 00000000 08:02 90136 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7f9d99de0000-7f9d99de1000 rw-p 00001000 08:02 90136 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7f9d99de1000-7f9d99e/opt/songbird/songbird: line 134: 28804 Aborted "$prog" ${1+"$@"}

May be onto something. I switched from the NVIDIA OpenGL interface to the Mesa one and the apps loaded fine. I'm using NVIDIA 180.16

I have the same Nvidia driver version on Ubuntu amd_64. I haven't tried with the 177 driver version...

I downgraded to 177.82 and didn't have any problems.
Going back to 180.16, I removed Glitz support from Cairo, and viola, it worked.

Thanks for the suggestion. Removing glitz support from cairo indeed lets me run Songbird. It's an ok workaround for now, but the problem still needs t be fixed properly imho. :)

I am experiencing the same problem, also using NVIDIA 180 driver. How would I remove Glitz support from Cairo as Sean suggests? Do I have to recompile it or is it a configuration setting?

I have no idea how you would go about it in Ubuntu, but yes, you need to recompile the package. In Gentoo this is as easy as removing the "Glitz" USE flag. On Ubuntu you probably first need the sources for cairo and then have to compile/install it manually.

I don't use Ubuntu as Loibisch said, it's simple for us to just recompile without that option. Try taking a look in Synaptic for Cairo and see if there's any versions that mention not having Glitz. You could also try "apt-cache search cairo" from the command line and see if there's anything similar in there.
I do agree, it should be fixed in the proper manner, so that Glitz support doesn't have to be disabled.

Loibisch, FYI, made an ebuild for Cairo 1.8.6 (simple move the 1.8.4 ebuild to 1.8.6) and upgraded to that. Didn't help.
I also checked out Glitz from the live CVS at freedesktop.org, and again, didn't help.

Same here, it appears to be an nvidia problem in the beta drivers.
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showt...

For some reason the problem came back. Didn't use Songbird in a while and even without glitz support in Cairo songbird won't start. :(

Is this bug even on the map of the songbird developers to be fixed?

Me too..

[Linux 2.6.28.5.afb.fc10.3.x86_amd64/bash] root@storage.berendsen.local:/usr/src/kernels/2.6.28.6_x86_64
# /usr/bin/songbird
*** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/songbird: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f757680b380 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib64/libc.so.6[0x3829077ec8]
/lib64/libc.so.6(cfree+0x76)[0x382907a486]
/usr/lib64/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.1[0x3e3b400a2b]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-00408000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 4409986 /usr/lib64/songbird-1.0.0/songbird-bin
00608000-00609000 rw-p 00008000 fd:00 4409986 /usr/lib64/songbird-1.0.0/songbird-bin
41ecd000-41ecf000 rwxp 00000000 00:0f 362 /dev/zero
3056e00000-3056e0c000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3040186 /usr/lib64/liba52.so.0.0.0
3056e0c000-305700b000 ---p 0000c000 fd:00 3040186 /usr/lib64/liba52.so.0.0.0
305700b000-305700c000 rw-p 0000b000 fd:00 3040186 /usr/lib64/liba52.so.0.0.0
305700c000-305700d000 rw-p 305700c000 00:00 0
34c4600000-34c4603000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3040515 /usr/lib64/libBPM.so.0.0.0
34c4603000-34c4802000 ---p 00003000 fd:00 3040515 /usr/lib64/libBPM.so.0.0.0
34c4802000-34c4803000 rw-p 00002000 fd:00 3040515 /usr/lib64/libBPM.so.0.0.0
34c4a00000-34c4a0d000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3040468 /usr/lib64/libSoundTouch.so.1.3.1
34c4a0d000-34c4c0d000 ---p 0000d000 fd:00 3040468 /usr/lib64/libSoundTouch.so.1.3.1
34c4c0d000-34c4c0e000 rw-p 0000d000 fd:00 3040468 /usr/lib64/libSoundTouch.so.1.3.1
371c800000-371c8eb000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3040193 /usr/lib64/libexempi.so.3.2.0
371c8eb000-371caeb000 ---p 000eb000 fd:00 3040193 /usr/lib64/libexempi.so.3.2.0
371caeb000-371caf4000 rw-p 000eb000 fd:00 3040193 /usr/lib64/libexempi.so.3.2.0
3828c00000-3828c20000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1015884 /lib64/ld-2.9.so
3828e1f000-3828e20000 r--p 0001f000 fd:00 1015884 /lib64/ld-2.9.so
3828e20000-3828e21000 rw-p 00020000 fd:00 1015884 /lib64/ld-2.9.so
3829000000-3829168000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1015886 /lib64/libc-2.9.so
3829168000-3829368000 ---p 00168000 fd:00 1015886 /lib64/libc-2.9.so
3829368000-382936c000 r--p 00168000 fd:00 1015886 /lib64/libc-2.9.so
382936c000-382936d000 rw-p 0016c000 fd:00 1015886 /lib64/libc-2.9.so
382936d000-3829372000 rw-p 382936d000 00:00 0
3829400000-3829484000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1016218 /lib64/libm-2.9.so
3829484000-3829683000 ---p 00084000 fd:00 1016218 /lib64/libm-2.9.so
3829683000-3829684000 r--p 00083000 fd:00 1016218 /lib64/libm-2.9.so
3829684000-3829685000 rw-p 00084000 fd:00 1016218 /lib64/libm-2.9.so
3829800000-3829802000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1015891 /lib64/libdl-2.9.so
3829802000-3829a02000 ---p 00002000 fd:00 1015891 /lib64/libdl-2.9.so
3829a02000-3829a03000 r--p 00002000 fd:00 1015891 /lib64/libdl-2.9.so
3829a03000-3829a04000 rw-p 00003000 fd:00 1015891 /lib64/libdl-2.9.so
3829c00000-3829c17000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1016203 /lib64/libpthread-2.9.so
3829c17000-3829e16000 ---p 00017000 fd:00 1016203 /lib64/libpthread-2.9.so
3829e16000-3829e17000 r--p 00016000 fd:00 1016203 /lib64/libpthread-2.9.so
3829e17000-3829e18000 rw-p 00017000 fd:00 1016203 /lib64/libpthread-2.9.so
3829e18000-3829e1c000 rw-p 3829e18000 00:00 0
382a000000-382a015000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1016205 /lib64/libz.so.1.2.3
382a015000-382a214000 ---p 00015000 fd:00 1016205 /lib64/libz.so.1.2.3
382a214000-382a215000 rw-p 00014000 fd:00 1016205 /lib64/libz.so.1.2.3
382a400000-382a41a000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1016178 /lib64/libselinux.so.1
382a41a000-382a619000 ---p 0001a000 fd:00 1016178 /lib64/libselinux.so.1
382a619000-382a61a000 r--p 00019000 fd:00 1016178 /lib64/libselinux.so.1
382a61a000-382a61b000 rw-p 0001a000 fd:00 1016178 /lib64/libselinux.so.1
382a61b000-382a61c000 rw-p 382a61b000 00:00 0
382ac00000-382ac08000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1016216 /lib64/librt-2.9.so
382ac08000-382ae07000 ---p 00008000 fd:00 1016216 /lib64/librt-2.9.so
382ae07000-382ae08000 r--p 00007000 fd:00 1016216 /lib64/librt-2.9.so
382ae08000-382ae09000 rw-p 00008000 fd:00 1016216 /lib64/librt-2.9.so
382b000000-382b105000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3139536 /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.2.0
382b105000-382b305000 ---p 00105000 fd:00 3139536 /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.2.0
382b305000-382b30b000 rw-p 00105000 fd:00 3139536 /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.2.0
382b400000-382b405000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3139522 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
382b405000-382b604000 ---p 00005000 fd:00 3139522 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
382b604000-382b605000 rw-p 00004000 fd:00 3139522 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
382b800000-382b802000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3139521 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
382b802000-382ba01000 ---p 00002000 fd:00 3139521 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
382ba01000-382ba02000 rw-p 00001000 fd:00 3139521 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
382bc00000-382bc01000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3139525 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
382bc01000-382be00000 ---p 00001000 fd:00 3139525 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
382be00000-382be01000 rw-p 00000000 fd:00 3139525 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
382c000000-382c01a000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3139523 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
382c01a000-382c21a000 ---p 0001a000 fd:00 3139523 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
382c21a000-382c21b000 rw-p 0001a000 fd:00 3139523 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
382c800000-382c827000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1015888 /lib64/libexpat.so.1.5.2
382c827000-382ca26000 ---p 00027000 fd:00 1015888 /lib64/libexpat.so.1.5.2
382ca26000-382ca29000 rw-p 00026000 fd:00 1015888 /lib64/libexpat.so.1.5.2
382cc00000-382cc10000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3141512 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
382cc10000-382ce10000 ---p 00010000 fd:00 3141512 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
382ce10000-382ce11000 rw-p 00010000 fd:00 3141512 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
382d000000-382d093000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3141910 /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6.3.18
382d093000-382d293000 ---p 00093000 fd:00 3141910 /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6.3.18
382d293000-382d299000 rw-p 00093000 fd:00 3141910 /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6.3.18
382d800000-382d830000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3141916 /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1.3.0
382d830000-382da2f000 ---p 00030000 fd:00 3141916 /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1.3.0
382da2f000-382da31000 rw-p 0002f000 fd:00 3141916 /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1.3.0
382dc00000-382dc09000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3141922 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
382dc09000-382de08000 ---p 00009000 fd:00 3141922 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
382de08000-382de09000 rw-p 00008000 fd:00 3141922 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
382e000000-382e005000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3143448 /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
382e005000-382e204000 ---p 00005000 fd:00 3143448 /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
382e204000-382e205000 rw-p 00004000 fd:00 3143448 /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
382e400000-382e408000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3142469 /usr/lib64/libXi.so.6.0.0
382e408000-382e608000 ---p 00008000 fd:00 3142469 /usr/lib64/libXi.so.6.0.0
382e608000-382e609000 rw-p 00008000 fd:00Could not initialize GStreamer: Error re-scanning registry , child terminated by signal
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[Linux 2.6.28.5.afb.fc10.3.x86_amd64/bash] root@storage.berendsen.local:/usr/src/kernels/2.6.28.6_x86_64

I'm on Gentoo, but:

~ $ emerge -s libvisual
Searching...
[ Results for search key : libvisual ]
[ Applications found : 4 ]

* media-libs/libvisual
Latest version available: 0.4.0-r1
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]

* media-plugins/gst-plugins-libvisual
Latest version available: 0.10.21
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]

* media-plugins/libvisual-plugins
Latest version available: 0.4.0-r2
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]

* media-plugins/libvisual-projectm
Latest version available: 1.2.0
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]

It's not confirmed that the problem is caused by new nvidia drivers in combination with glitz?

I have had this problem for some months. I removed the libvisual-0.4-plugins package and it now works for me. However, removing the package is not a fix...just a work-around and will no doubt break something else I need.

@boosh -- You were right! I reinstalled it and Songbird still works...awesome!

Thanks!

@boosh: removing libvisual-0.4-plugins solved the problem for me. thanks!

Actually, Cairo with Glitz builds just fine. The problems start when Glitz tries to use OpenGL with the recent 180.x version of the NVidia drivers as the "back-end".

As for the given "solutions" to this problem. The first one, compiling without Glitz means that you end up with software rendering in Cairo instead of hardware (OpenGL) rendering. (The latest versions of Gecko use Cairo for its rendering.)
I'd guess the second solution makes the system use the Mesa libraries instead of NVidias libraries when rendering using OpenGL. The problem here is that Compiz won't work at all when using Mesa (no direct rendering?).
Finally, one also have the choice to downgrade to an earlier version of the NVidia drivers.

For Gentoo users, the easiest way to switch OpenGL renderer is by using eselect.
Switch to Mesa: eselect opengl set xorg-x11
Switch to NVidia: eselect opengl set nvidia

Still confused as to how libvisual can fix anything, is there more than one package called that? From the description in Gentoo: "Libvisual is an abstraction library that comes between applications and audio visualisation plugins."
Though, most likely it overwrites NVidias custom OpenGL headers with the Mesa ones?

There's also this strange thing with my "self-compiled" (via emerge) version of Firefox working while the pre-compiled nightly builds have the exact same problem as Songbird...

In the end, I'd garner that the only solutions here are to either patch Glitz to make it able to use NVidias implementation (or whatever the right word is) or to close this as WONTFIX and point to the three above workarounds.

Oh, and if it's not already apparent. I don't really have too much of a clue on what's going on and the above is mostly guesswork.

I managed to run songbird 1.1 using "./xulrunner/xulrunner application.ini"

I just ran the application, may be some of the features requiring external libraries are not working.. So far, I can seems to play songs.

Yeah, that works for starting it, here it's: xulrunner-1.9 /opt/songbird/application.ini

Though, here I end up with a blank white empty library and trying to play a remote song gives me:

sb-tabbrowser::handleMediaURL(http://www.zreomusic.com/music/10-oo/...); TypeError: currentView is null

Running in debug mode gives me this on the first run, if it helps:

localhost ~ $ xulrunner-1.9 /opt/songbird/application.ini -console -jsconsole

(xulrunner-bin:318): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `FluTsPatInfo'

(xulrunner-bin:318): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

(xulrunner-bin:318): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_param_spec_object: assertion `g_type_is_a (object_type, G_TYPE_OBJECT)' failed

(xulrunner-bin:318): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `FluTsPmtInfo'

(xulrunner-bin:318): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

(xulrunner-bin:318): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_param_spec_object: assertion `g_type_is_a (object_type, G_TYPE_OBJECT)' failed

(xulrunner-bin:318): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_class_install_property: assertion `G_IS_PARAM_SPEC (pspec)' failed
SBAppInitialize
SBVideoInitialize
Timing service exception: TypeError: Cc['@songbirdnest.com/Songbird/TimingService;1'] is undefinedTiming service exception: TypeError: Cc['@songbirdnest.com/Songbird/TimingService;1'] is undefineddoMainwinStart
*** Search: Starting search engine enumeration...

*** Search: search engine enumeration done...

SBInitialize ***

and this on consecutive runs:

localhost ~ $ xulrunner-1.9 /opt/songbird/application.ini -console -jsconsole
doMainwinStart
SBAppInitialize
SBVideoInitialize
*** Search: Starting search engine enumeration...

*** Search: search engine enumeration done...

SBInitialize ***

When I shutdown Songbird I'm told that: windowUtils.js:quitApp() Error: could not stop playback.

Additionally, on every startup Songbird tells me that:

Songbird has detected that your Library is corrupt and cannot be read.

In order for Songbird to function correctly, your library needs to be deleted. This action cannot be undone. You will lose subscriptions, playlists and track metadata edited in Songbird.

Your media files are safe and will not be deleted, but you'll need to rescan them.

Doesn't matter if I've just removed the profile or .songbird2 directory or have choosen the restart option in the dialog. This happens before doMainwinStart.
All the files are correctly created as far as I can tell.

That's because you are using the xulrunner installed on your system. Use the version comes along with songbird.

Using 180.37 of Nvidia drivers on Gentoo x64 still gives this error.

Error report:
*** glibc detected *** /opt/Songbird/./songbird-bin: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007fa6cc432980 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0x7fa6cc5cc138]
/lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x76)[0x7fa6cc5cdc76]
//usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libnvidia-tls.so.1[0x7fa6cd751a2b]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-00408000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 3384052 /opt/Songbird/songbird-bin
00608000-00609000 rw-p 00008000 08:03 3384052 /opt/Songbird/songbird-bin
402fe000-40300000 rwxp 00000000 00:0e 1091 /dev/zero
7fa6c230b000-7fa6c30ab000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4522109 /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.180.29
7fa6c30ab000-7fa6c31aa000 ---p 00da0000 08:03 4522109 /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.180.29
7fa6c31aa000-7fa6c35e1000 rwxp 00d9f000 08:03 4522109 /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGLcore.so.180.29
7fa6c35e1000-7fa6c35f3000 rwxp 7fa6c35e1000 00:00 0
7fa6c35f3000-7fa6c35fb000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 5653863 /lib64/librt-2.9.so
7fa6c35fb000-7fa6c37fa000 ---p 00008000 08:03 5653863 /lib64/librt-2.9.so
7fa6c37fa000-7fa6c37fb000 r--p 00007000 08:03 5653863 /lib64/librt-2.9.so
7fa6c37fb000-7fa6c37fc000 rw-p 00008000 08:03 5653863 /lib64/librt-2.9.so
7fa6c37fc000-7fa6c3805000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4531460 /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7fa6c3805000-7fa6c3a04000 ---p 00009000 08:03 4531460 /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7fa6c3a04000-7fa6c3a05000 r--p 00008000 08:03 4531460 /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7fa6c3a05000-7fa6c3a06000 rw-p 00009000 08:03 4531460 /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7fa6c3a06000-7fa6c3a0c000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4498914 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
7fa6c3a0c000-7fa6c3c0c000 ---p 00006000 08:03 4498914 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
7fa6c3c0c000-7fa6c3c0d000 r--p 00006000 08:03 4498914 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
7fa6c3c0d000-7fa6c3c0e000 rw-p 00007000 08:03 4498914 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
7fa6c3c0e000-7fa6c3c10000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4530882 /usr/lib64/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
7fa6c3c10000-7fa6c3e0f000 ---p 00002000 08:03 4530882 /usr/lib64/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
7fa6c3e0f000-7fa6c3e10000 r--p 00001000 08:03 4530882 /usr/lib64/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
7fa6c3e10000-7fa6c3e11000 rw-p 00002000 08:03 4530882 /usr/lib64/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
7fa6c3e11000-7fa6c3e83000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 5366241 /usr/lib64/libgio-2.0.so.0.1800.4
7fa6c3e83000-7fa6c4082000 ---p 00072000 08:03 5366241 /usr/lib64/libgio-2.0.so.0.1800.4
7fa6c4082000-7fa6c4084000 r--p 00071000 08:03 5366241 /usr/lib64/libgio-2.0.so.0.1800.4
7fa6c4084000-7fa6c4085000 rw-p 00073000 08:03 5366241 /usr/lib64/libgio-2.0.so.0.1800.4
7fa6c4085000-7fa6c4086000 rw-p 7fa6c4085000 00:00 0
7fa6c4086000-7fa6c408b000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4507613 /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
7fa6c408b000-7fa6c428a000 ---p 00005000 08:03 4507613 /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
7fa6c428a000-7fa6c428b000 r--p 00004000 08:03 4507613 /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
7fa6c428b000-7fa6c428c000 rw-p 00005000 08:03 4507613 /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
7fa6c428c000-7fa6c428e000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4531590 /usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
7fa6c428e000-7fa6c448d000 ---p 00002000 08:03 4531590 /usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
7fa6c448d000-7fa6c448e000 r--p 00001000 08:03 4531590 /usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
7fa6c448e000-7fa6c448f000 rw-p 00002000 08:03 4531590 /usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
7fa6c448f000-7fa6c4491000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4531556 /usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
7fa6c4491000-7fa6c4690000 ---p 00002000 08:03 4531556 /usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
7fa6c4690000-7fa6c4691000 r--p 00001000 08:03 4531556 /usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
7fa6c4691000-7fa6c4692000 rw-p 00002000 08:03 4531556 /usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
7fa6c4692000-7fa6c4697000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4483129 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
7fa6c4697000-7fa6c4896000 ---p 00005000 08:03 4483129 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
7fa6c4896000-7fa6c4897000 r--p 00004000 08:03 4483129 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
7fa6c4897000-7fa6c4898000 rw-p 00005000 08:03 4483129 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
7fa6c4898000-7fa6c489a000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4482915 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7fa6c489a000-7fa6c4a99000 ---p 00002000 08:03 4482915 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7fa6c4a99000-7fa6c4a9a000 r--p 00001000 08:03 4482915 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7fa6c4a9a000-7fa6c4a9b000 rw-p 00002000 08:03 4482915 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7fa6c4a9b000-7fa6c4ab7000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 5022914 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
7fa6c4ab7000-7fa6c4cb7000 ---p 0001c000 08:03 5022914 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
7fa6c4cb7000-7fa6c4cb8000 r--p 0001c000 08:03 5022914 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
7fa6c4cb8000-7fa6c4cb9000 rw-p 0001d000 08:03 5022914 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
7fa6c4cb9000-7fa6c4cba000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 5022878 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7fa6c4cba000-7fa6c4eba000 ---p 00001000 08:03 5022878 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7fa6c4eba000-7fa6c4ebb000 r--p 00001000 08:03 5022878 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7fa6c4ebb000-7fa6c4ebc000 rw-p 00002000 08:03 5022878 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7fa6c4ebc000-7fa6c4ec4000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 5022741 /usr/lib64/libxcb-render.so.0.0.0
7fa6c4ec4000-7fa6c50c3000 ---p 00008000 08:03 5022741 /usr/lib64/libxcb-render.so.0.0.0
7fa6c50c3000-7fa6c50c4000 r--p 00007000 08:03 5022741 /usr/lib64/libxcb-render.so.0.0.0
7fa6c50c4000-7fa6c50c5000 rw-p 00008000 08:03 5022741 /usr/lib64/libxcb-render.so.0.0.0
7fa6c50c5000-7fa6c50c8000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4514410 /usr/lib64/libxcb-render-util.so.0.0.0
7fa6c50c8000-7fa6c52c7000 ---p 00003000 08:03 4514410 /usr/lib64/libxcb-render-util.so.0.0.0
7fa6c52c7000-7fa6c52c8000 r--p 00002000 08:03 4514410 /usr/lib64/libxcb-render-util.so.0.0.0
7fa6c52c8000-7fa6c52c9000 rw-p 00003000 08:03 4514410 /usr/lib64/libxcb-render-util.so.0.0.0
7fa6c52c9000-7fa6c52ee000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4409096 /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0.35.0
7fa6c52ee000-7fa6c54ee000 ---p 00025000 08:03 4409096 /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0.35.0
7fa6c54ee000-7fa6c54ef000 r--p 00025000 08:03 4409096 /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0.35.0
7fa6c54ef000-7fa6c54f0000 rw-p 00026000 08:03 4409096 /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0.35.0
7fa6c54f0000-7fa6c5518000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4547063 /usr/lib64/libglitz.so.1.0.0
7fa6c5518000-7fa6c5718000 ---p 00028000 08:03 4547063 /usr/lib64/libglitz.so.1.0.0
7fa6c5718000-7fa6c5719000 r--p 00028000 08:03 4547063 /usr/lib64/libglitz.so.1.0.0
7fa6c5719000-7fa6c571a000 rw-p 00029000 08:03 4547063 /usr/lib64/libglitz.so.1.0.0
7fa6c571a000-7fa6c572a000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4498668 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7fa6c572a000-7fa6c5929000 ---p 00010000 08:03 4498668 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7fa6c5929000-7fa6c592a000 r--p 0000f000 08:03 4498668 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7fa6c592a000-7fa6c592b000 rw-p 00010000 08:03 4498668 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7fa6c592b000-7fa6c59cf000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4522106 /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.180.29
7fa6c59cf000-7fa6c5acf000 ---p 000a4000 08:03 4522106 /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.180.29
7fa6c5acf000-7fa6c5b07000 rwxp 000a4000 08:03 4522106 /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/lib/libGL.so.180.29
7fa6c5b0700/opt/Songbird/songbird: line 134: 7745 Aborted "$prog" ${1+"$@"}

@All,
Thanks for all of the useful information in this post.

Bug #15306 remains open to track this issue.

Seems to be a 64bit version of Nvidia problem only. I'm able to run Songbird 32bit here just fine.
Though I don't have any 32bit libraries of gstreamer so I can't really play any music. (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64)

I also got some other error messages when running it like this:

SBAppInitialize:SBRegisterSongbirdProtocol()
TypeError: Components.classes['@mozilla.org/gnome-gconf-service;1'] is undefined

(songbird-bin:26970): GStreamer-WARNING **: Failed to load plugin '/opt/songbird/gst-plugins/libgstautodetect.so': libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

(songbird-bin:26967): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_bookmark_file_get_size: assertion `bookmark != NULL' failed

For those who really want to run Songbird, using a 32bit chroot might work:
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/am...

Hi!
I also have this problem. The resolution is simple on my Ubuntu 8.10 machine. All I had to do is to remove libvisual-0.4-plugins package.

sudo apt-get purge libvisual-0.4-plugins

I posted the solution here: http://cviorel.easyblog.ro/2009/04/10...

Hello,

I have the same problem:

- Songbird 1.2.0, Build 1146 (20090616030029)
- Ubuntu: 9.04
- Driver: NVIDIA 180
- Card: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 140M (rev a1)

workaround:
sudo apt-get remove libvisual-0.4-plugins

By
Aaron

removing libvisual-0.4-plugins also solved the problem for me.

Songbird 1.4.0b2 x64 on Ubuntu 9.04 refuses to start:

*** glibc detected *** bin/Songbird/./songbird-bin: double free or corruption (out): 0x00007f1803843040 ***

======= Backtrace: =========

/lib/libc.so.6[0x7f1821ccacb8]

/lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x76)[0x7f1821ccd276]

/usr/lib/libvisual-0.4.so.0(visual_mem_free+0xe)[0x7f18012ac4ce]

/usr/lib/libvisual-0.4.so.0[0x7f18012a5646]

/usr/lib/libvisual-0.4.so.0(visual_plugin_get_list+0x48)[0x7f18012a57d8]

/usr/lib/libvisual-0.4.so.0(visual_init+0x243)[0x7f18012b2703]

/usr/lib64/gstreamer-0.10/libgstlibvisual.so[0x7f18014d3cb1]

...


any help?

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
glibc detected *** songbird-bin: double free or corruption.

removing libvisual-0.4-plugins and libglitz1dindt helped...
im using karmic 32 bit and dont have nvidia just an onboard intel video card