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sermoa replied on September 14, 2008 20:29 to the problem "Floating point exception" in Songbird:

Well, this problem is solved, for me at least. I upgraded to Debian Lenny today and made sure i got the 32 bit version. I now have Songbird running! :) Wow, i've missed it!

sermoa replied on August 25, 2008 17:48 to the problem "Floating point exception" in Songbird:

That's interesting that someone else has the same problem with 64bit Debian.

I'm thinking of going back to 32bit when i upgrade to Lenny. The 64bit has given me quite a lot of trouble, if i'm honest.

A comment on the problem "Floating point exception" in Songbird:

This fixes the problem with Get Satisfaction, not the originally-reported problem. Just wanted to clarify. Carry on... – Ali Rayl, on August 25, 2008 17:26

stevel replied on August 25, 2008 17:04 to the problem "Floating point exception" in Songbird:

This should be fixed now
(http://getsatisfaction.com/getsatisfa...)

Dr. Peter Rottengatter replied on August 25, 2008 16:45 to the problem "Floating point exception" in Songbird:

BTW: What's wrong with this Website? I can't write comments using the Iceweasel (Firefox). No cursor, nothing appears in the edit box when I start typing. I managed to write these two comments using the bloody Konqueror but even with that one I'm struggling to get it done.

Dr. Peter Rottengatter replied on August 25, 2008 16:39 to the problem "Floating point exception" in Songbird:

I have the same problem with Songbird. From what I can see the exception is thrown right after the small startup binary loaded all its libraries (libpthread, libdl, libstdc++, libm, libgcc_s, libc). After the libc.so.6 file has been closed strace shows two more calls to mmap before the exception occurs. So no gstreamer involved up to that point.

I found the problem to persist regardless of Songbird version. I tried the beta but also some nightly builds including the latest from 2008/08/24.

The system is a straight Debian x86_64 stable, the mentioned libraries the latest versions in stable. If there is any more diagnostics I can contribute please just tell me.

Dr. Peter Rottengatter started following the problem "Floating point exception" in Songbird.

sermoa replied on August 04, 2008 19:34 to the problem "Floating point exception" in Songbird:

I tried it and it just did the same thing. Floating point exception.

Mike Smith replied on August 04, 2008 17:12 to the problem "Floating point exception" in Songbird:

Hi. With the 0.7 beta, can you try this?

SB_GST_BUNDLED=true ./songbird

That will use the bundled gstreamer, rather than your system one, which may avoid some problems. Let us know if that works.

sermoa replied on August 04, 2008 06:58 to the problem "Floating point exception" in Songbird:

Yes, i installed all of the required and recommended packages.

I download the tar.gz and unzip it into my Downloads directory. Then i do

cd /path/to/Songbird
./songbird

and it says:
Floating point exception

I don't see a log anywhere. There are no Songbird dialogs because Songbird doesn't even begin. It's literally immediately that i try to start running it.

Maybe i need to compile it? I didn't have to last time i installed it (but that was on 32 bit).

Boris replied on August 03, 2008 23:05 to the problem "Floating point exception" in Songbird:

Did you use the instructions for Debian form:
https://wiki.songbirdnest.com/index.p...
What exactly do you do to get an exception?
At what point you get it?
Can you paste the exception message and any related output from Error Console or Songbird dialogs(if there are any)?

sermoa reported a problem in Songbird on August 03, 2008 18:10:

Floating point exception

Whenever i try to run Songbird on Debian 64 bit i get a 'floating point exception'. That's all. No other information is given.

I have tried 0.6.1 and also the new 0.7 beta. Both do the same thing. I downloaded the x86_64 version. I have done all the Gstreamer prerequisites.

Noah David Simon @TheAnalysis replied on June 11, 2008 10:47 to the problem "Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service" in Twitter:

Ariel works for Pounce? now I get what is going on.. ... yeah she blocked me on my first day ever using twitter. she isn't nice. I could see why a stalker would want a piece of her. Motive with a capital "M"... she is probably telling the truth. I was angered enough by her behavior to spiral out of control. I think it is time we start blaming the victim... just a bit. come on people. bring out the inner "Nelson" is all of us and go "HA HA"

A comment on the problem "Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service" in Twitter:

Carter: I am confused as to how your Web site relates to this conversation. Is there something I am missing? – Eric Suesz, on June 05, 2008 21:10

A comment on the problem "Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service" in Twitter:

HARASSMENT she is saying I can't read and probably secretly thinking the typical European comment "Stupid American." Thats basically racism! BAN! Oh and did I mention I started a website? www.whatisitmadeof.com BOO-YAH! – Carter, on June 05, 2008 15:47

A comment on the problem "Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service" in Twitter:

Well then, I stand corrected. Biz lied about his business practices and Twitter will be flooded with people calling each other vulgar names and ads for penis enlargement. Guess it's time to close my account now before that happens. Everyone move to Pownce. They block spammers and stalkers better than Twitter.

Sorry to be so sarcastic about this, but I still don't see the major issue here. If Biz lied and didn't follow his own companies' ToS, then shame on him. But all of this for one person? C'mon. And I don't care that she disclosed the fact that she works for Pownce AND that all of this happened BEFORE she worked at Pownce, that's now a factor hanging in the balance.

Seriously, I hope Twitter does respond better, but it sounds like no matter what Twitter/Biz does here, it will never be good enough for the users. Meanwhile, the true slippery slope that will happen will be censored comments from every person who was stalked, offended, called a "cunt", etc etc... Twitter will be reacting more to answering to complainers than they will fixing their network. It will be down more than up.... wait a minute... if they are down, people can't send threatening or vulgar tweets to others. Problem solved. Move to Pownce. – martymankins, on June 04, 2008 20:50

A comment on the problem "Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service" in Twitter:

People who actually *read* what this is about don't see conflict of interest because this started long before Ariel was an employee of Pownce. – Marjolein Katsma, on June 04, 2008 18:09

A comment on the problem "Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service" in Twitter:

Marty, the first account was apparently closed before they even could do something - we'll have to accept that statement because we can't verify it. The second account (confession) they said was closed before they could check it -- which was either just blatantly "saying something" without /actually/ looking if they could check, or simply a blatant lie, because it was up there with very obvious "libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable" content that many of us have seen long after Biz stated the account was closed and they could not check it. It was not /actually/ removed until I complained about that both here and on the Twitter blog. I'm sorry, but such a blatant lie, or simple neglect to even check whether such content is still on their server for all to see (and archive on other websites!), is not something that fits in my definition of "responding professionally". THAT behavior is the slippery slope that will make Twitter a spammers' haven and a free-for-all platform to spew objectionable (etc.) content -- unless such behavior is amended soon, and visibly, very clearly. – Marjolein Katsma, on June 04, 2008 18:06

A comment on the problem "Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service" in Twitter:

Marjolein, if Twitter had done absolutely nothing, then I could see your point. But since they responded professionally (just not to Ariel's satisfaction), your ending statement is simply a slippery slope. – martymankins, on June 04, 2008 15:07

Carter replied on June 03, 2008 23:35 to the problem "Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service" in Twitter:

I see conflict of interest, Ariel works at pownce which is basically a twitter xerox. Boo-hiss. I mean, this is as well timed as campaign slam downs. I work at a competitor, I talk about this with colleagues, I elbow drop twitter and make my company more well known.