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    VLC crashing?

    Anyone else had this happen to them? Ever since some updates mid-to-early last week, my VLC has been broken. I wanted to make sure it was just me before I start troubleshooting further. I have all the current updates, but this is what I get, even after reinstalling VLC (and deleting ~/.vlc):

    evil@pluto:~$ vlc
    VLC media player 0.8.6 Janus

    ***MEMORY-WARNING***: [4612]: GSlice: g_thread_init() must be called before all other GLib functions; memory corruption due to late invocation of g_thread_init() has been detected; this program is likely to crash, leak or unexpectedly abort soon...
    *** glibc detected *** vlc: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0000000000b80c60 ***
    ======= Backtrace: =========
    /lib/libc.so.6[0x2b23f0a14050]
    /lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x8c)[0x2b23f0a1778c]
    /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.6.so.0[0x2b2400e20e1e]
    /usr/lib/vlc/gui/libwxwidgets_plugin.so(_ZN5wxvlc8MessagesC1EP13int f_thread_tP8wxWindow+0x524)[0x2b23ff9fe4b4]
    ...
    Specs:  Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (@3Ghz), G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 1066, ASUS Striker II Formula MB, Asus EN9800GTX+ Dark Knight, ABS Tagan BZ800 PS, Antec 900 Case.

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    Re: VLC crashing?

    Note: This appears to only be happening on my 64-bit install. I have the 32-bit Gutsy in a chroot, and that one works fine.

    Can anyone else confirm/deny that this is happening on their AMD64-bit install?
    Specs:  Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (@3Ghz), G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 1066, ASUS Striker II Formula MB, Asus EN9800GTX+ Dark Knight, ABS Tagan BZ800 PS, Antec 900 Case.

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      Re: VLC crashing?

      Looks like this is a confirmed bug caused by wxWidgets: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ets/+bug/83922

      In case anyone else has the problem, the workaround at this point is to run VLC with "G_SLICE=always-malloc vlc".
      Specs:  Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (@3Ghz), G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 1066, ASUS Striker II Formula MB, Asus EN9800GTX+ Dark Knight, ABS Tagan BZ800 PS, Antec 900 Case.

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