espeak-gui doesn't start (segmentation fault)

Hi breek,

Thank you for your bug report. Can you please attach a backtrace so I can understand the reasons for the crash?

You can find instructions for doing this here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace#Generation (steps 1-6). You'll find the debugging symbols (step 1) at http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/p/python-espeak/.

Thanks!

here it is ;)

Hi again,

I forgot that gdb won't work just like that since espeak-gui is written in Python. The correct usage would have been with "gdb python [...]" and then "run /usr/bin/espeak-gui".

Anyway, I see I can reproduce it now that I'm using Oneiric. I'll have a look at it.

Thanks again!

that's really strange; typing this command

gdb python espeak-gui 2>&1 | tee ~/gdb-espeak-gui.txt

espeak doesn't crash! the only problem is that the last word of the text entered in the gui is truncated.

if i run /usr/bin/espeak-gui or python /usr/bin/espeak-gui i get segmentation fault

This bug was fixed in the package python-espeak - 0.4-0ubuntu1

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python-espeak (0.4-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * New upstream version:
     - Fixes an invalid pointer dereference in list_voices (LP: #889901).
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2 and add debian/watch file.
 -- Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals <email address hidden> Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:26:35 +0100

Backported fix uploaded to oneiric-proposed.

Hello breek, or anyone else affected,

Accepted python-espeak into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

something wrong in the package (or i did something wrong when enabling oneric-proposed?)

sudo aptitude install python-espeak/oneiric-proposed

(here is my translation of command output)

following packets will be REMOVED:
  libasound2{u} libasound2-plugins{u} libasyncns0{u} libatk1.0-0{u}
  libburn4{u} libflac8{u} libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0{u} libgtk2.0-0{u}
  libhal-storage1{u} libhal1{u} libiptcdata0{u} libisofs6{u}
  libjack-jackd2-0{u} libjasper1{u} libjson0{u} libjte1{u} libnspr4-0d{u}
  libnss3-1d{u} libogg0{u} libpulse0{u} libsamplerate0{u} libsndfile1{u}
  libspeexdsp1{u} libthunar-vfs-1-2{u} libthunar-vfs-1-common{u}
  libvorbis0a{u} libvorbisenc2{u} libwrap0{u} libxcomposite1{u}
  libxcursor1{u} libxinerama1{u} libxrandr2{u} linux-headers-3.0.0-12{u}
  linux-headers-3.0.0-12-generic{u} obexd-client{u} xfburn{u}
  xfce4-artwork{u} xfce4-battery-plugin{u} xfce4-clipman{u}
  xfce4-clipman-plugin{u} xfce4-cpufreq-plugin{u} xfce4-datetime-plugin{u}
  xfce4-genmon-plugin{u} xfce4-sensors-plugin{u} xfce4-timer-plugin{u}
  xfce4-wavelan-plugin{u} xfce4-xkb-plugin{u}
following packets will be updated:
  python-espeak
1 packet updated, 0 installed, 47 to be removed and 0 not updated.
it is necessary to download 9536 B. After extraction, 139 MB will be freed.
Following packets have unsatisfied dependencies:
  python-espeak-dbgsym: depends on: python-espeak (= 0.3-0ubuntu1) but 0.3-0ubuntu1.1 is going to be installed.
Following actions will satisfy dependencies:

      Remove following packets:
1) ia32-libs-multiarch
2) libacl1
3) libattr1
4) libaudio2
5) libavahi-client3
6) libavahi-common3
7) libc6
8) libcairo2
9) libcomerr2
10) libcups2
11) libcupsimage2
12) libcurl3
13) libdatrie1
14) libdb5.1
15) libdbus-1-3
16) libdrm-intel1
17) libdrm-nouveau1a
18) libdrm-radeon1
19) libdrm2
20) libexpat1
21) libffi6
22) libfontconfig1
23) libfreetype6
24) libgcc1
25) libgcrypt11
26) libgdbm3
27) libgl1-mesa-dri
28) libgl1-mesa-glx
29) libglapi-mesa
30) libglib2.0-0 ...

Hi breek,

Please try uninstalling python-espeak-dbgsym first.

you're right!
updated... and now works without any segfault ;)

This bug was fixed in the package python-espeak - 0.3-0ubuntu1.1

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python-espeak (0.3-0ubuntu1.1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * Stable Release Update.
  * debian/patches/voice-variant-dereference.patch:
     - Fix invalid pointer dereference (LP: #889901).
 -- Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals <email address hidden> Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:10:31 +0100