Ubuntu
gtk-recordmydesktop package

stracing gtk-recordMyDesktop hangs up my PC

Bug #281941 reported by marco.pallotta
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gtk-recordmydesktop (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gtk-recordmydesktop

If I "strace gtk-recordMyDesktop" the apps doesn't appear and my PC hangs up: I can only move mouse but nothing happens. The only think I can do is to hard reset my PC.

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marco.pallotta (marco-pallotta) wrote :

If I try
"strace gtk-recordMyDesktop > strace.out 2>&1"

the issue disappears. At this point it's something relating to standard output.

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marco.pallotta (marco-pallotta) wrote :

When the issue happens no particular info are recorded in .xsession-errors and Xorg.log

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Jerry Snitselaar (snits) wrote :

I was able to reproduce it, but I was able to deal with the lockup by doing ctl-alt-backspace to restart the x server.

It looked like it was doing a read() at the point becomes unresponsive.

Michael Nagel (nailor)
Changed in gtk-recordmydesktop (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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