[MPlayer-users] bugreport(?): mencoder segfaults (FAQ)

[Jonas Jermann]

On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 12:38:25AM +0100, Gabucino wrote:
> From your strace log:
> 
> open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0(\327\1"..., 1024) = 1024
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1171196, ...}) = 0
> old_mmap(NULL, 1187968, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x404c2000
> mprotect(0x405da000, 41088, PROT_NONE)  = 0
> old_mmap(0x405da000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x117000) = 0x405da000
> old_mmap(0x405e0000, 16512, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x405e0000
> close(3)                                = 0
> old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x405e5000
> --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
> +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
> 
> MEncoder hasn't really started yet.

That's what I recognized too :(

> So it seems to be a glibc or (most likely) binutils bug. Upgrade binutils.

I use the latest binutils version of Debian sid 
(2.11.92.0.12.3-5)
btw, I've had the error for a long time....