Bug#724503: ekiga: Ekiga randomly crashes during the h323 connection

[Eugen Dedu]

On 27/09/13 09:08, Wojtek Zabolotny wrote:
> On 24.09.2013 17:17, Eugen Dedu wrote:
>> On 24/09/13 15:13, Wojtek Zabolotny wrote:
>>> Subject: ekiga: Ekiga randomly crashes during the h323 connection
>>> Package: ekiga
>>> Version: 4.0.1-2+b1
>>> Severity: important
>>>
>>> Dear Maintainer,
>>>
>>> When I use ekiga for h323 teleconferences, sometimes it happens, that it
>>> hangs displaying the following message:
>>>
>>> 97920105      assert.cxx(112)   PWLib   Assertion fail: Operating System
>>> error, file ptlib/unix/tlibthrd.cxx, line 402, Error=24
>>> Assertion fail: Operating System error, file ptlib/unix/tlibthrd.cxx, line
>>> 402, Error=24
>>>
>>> <A>bort, <C>ore dump, <T>hrow exception, <I>gnore? a
>>> <A>bort, <C>ore dump, <T>hrow exception, <I>gnore?
>>> <A>bort, <C>ore dump, <T>hrow exception, <I>gnore?
>>
>> This bug is difficult to investigate for me, and upstream (ptlib) uses a new release which is incompatible with ekiga.  So please be patient until ekiga will use the new ptlib release, in which case
>> if the bug still appears I will contact ptlib developer.
>>
> I have recompiled ekiga from sources (apt-get source ekiga; installing necessary xxx-dev packages; dpkg-buildpackage). And the problem still exists.

I knew that.  The problem is in ptlib library, not in ekiga.

If you wish to do some investigation, do the following:
- let ekiga as it is, since it is not involved
- rebuild ptlib and do tests checking why the assertion fails at the 
file/line pointed out above.

-- 
Eugen