Istanbul crashes whenever I stop recording. Save video dialog pops out very briefly then crashes

Same problem here :(

This is fixed in the upstream package. The author suggested to me that these two revisions take care of it:

  http://git.gnome.org/browse/istanbul/commit/?id=cf87de12facbf013d8df1ad33ac34d618b4db278
  http://git.gnome.org/browse/istanbul/commit/?id=4eff499805e2827b748e1d00a22b30163af4565d

Happens with Lucid Lunx as well. Don't know how to apply the fixes cited by Jean-Paul Calderone. Where may I obtain that upstream package, please? {/noob}

Didn't work to me... I modified the files suggested... But Still have de same problem... On terminal:

The program 'istanbul' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadIDChoice (invalid resource ID chosen for this connection)'.
  (Details: serial 3142 error_code 14 request_code 1 minor_code 0)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

10.04 box here. same bug.

10.04, MSI Wind (netbook), same bug

Istanbul works for me after disabling desktop effects.

Once, and then crash. Works sometimes. Even got short sequence saved with desktop effect enabled.

Ubuntu 10.04 --- bug present!

I manually apply chanches from:

  http://git.gnome.org/browse/istanbul/commit/?id=cf87de12facbf013d8df1ad33ac34d618b4db278
  http://git.gnome.org/browse/istanbul/commit/?id=4eff499805e2827b748e1d00a22b30163af4565d

It's not work for me :-(

I get exactly the same behaviour once I have run a VM. After a reboor I can record to hearts content, as soon as I fire up a VM I get the same error.

Interestingly, if I try and record with FFMP, either on the host or in the VM I get an identical error.

I tried Istanbul in both the vm and the host and get the same error.

If I close the VM Istanbul still fails, and I need to reboot to get it to work again.

I can confirm this bug with ubuntu 10.04 and all latest updates.

Hello all!

I found some solution - bug still present, but I know hove save video before istanbul crashes!

It's write video to /tmp/ and in console verbose file name, like this

location=/tmp/tmp2pfLhE

When istanbul crahed file still present and it's normal video file, just rename it (tmp2pfLhE.avi) and view!!!

Conforming on Maverick Beta .

Rus Sh , that helped thanks .

Now I use XvidCap ( in Ubuntu 10.04 it's normal capture 3D ) !

Confirm the bug for Ubuntu Lucid. It also doesn't record sound and mouse pointer either. Will try XvdiCap.

Confirm in Maverick 64-bits (fglrx + compiz).

Confirm in Lucid Lynx 64 bits.
I found a workaround, if you delete the video files from previous recordings in /tmp it works again.