Songbird doesn't start despite processes running.

Boris,

Apologies for the delay in replying - the holiday season took a dent on my free time.

For other reasons I also reinstalled my distribution from scratch. I've run the install script that is available from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Son... but I am still experiencing the problem mentioned above.

I launch songbird from the command line and using Alt-F2. I've also tried it both as user and root.

Pkill songbird will kill the songbird application but pkill songbird-bin does not kill songbird-bin. This is the same for killall songbird / songbird-bin. The only way to kill the songbird-bin process is to use kill -9 <pid>

Killing the processes and starting again has no effect, Songbird still won't launch.

When I run from the command line I get the following output (apologies for the length - I can't see how to attach a non-image file):

ddexter@ubuntu:~$ /usr/local/bin/songbird/songbird
*** glibc detected *** /usr/local/bin/songbird/./songbird-bin: double free or corruption (out): 0xb379d2a0 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7d933f4]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x96)[0xb7d95456]
/usr/lib/libvisual-0.4.so.0(visual_mem_free+0x21)[0xb3250141]
/usr/lib/libvisual-0.4.so.0[0xb3247407]
/usr/lib/libvisual-0.4.so.0(visual_plugin_get_list+0x73)[0xb32475e3]
/usr/lib/libvisual-0.4.so.0(visual_init+0x291)[0xb3256ec1]
/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstlibvisual.so[0xb32ae1f4]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so[0xb40c82c2]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so(gst_plugin_load_file+0x62f)[0xb40c8b79]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so[0xb40d37ee]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so(gst_registry_scan_path+0x135)[0xb40d3993]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so[0xb4083a44]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so[0xb4083f30]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so[0xb4084589]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so[0xb4084b44]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_option_context_parse+0x5b3)[0xb6b937e3]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so(gst_init_check+0xf1)[0xb4082d1b]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so(gst_init+0x32)[0xb4082e25]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/sbGStreamerMediacore.so(_ZN18sbGStreamerService4InitEv+0x9ff)[0xb3f83cf3]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/sbGStreamerMediacore.so[0xb3f8a8e1]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/sbGStreamerMediacore.so[0xb3f91252]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/xulrunner/libxul.so[0xb7650449]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/xulrunner/libxul.so[0xb764f90b]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/sbGStreamerMediacore.so[0xb3f8e2ef]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/sbGStreamerMediacore.so[0xb3f8e319]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/sbGStreamerMediacore.so[0xb3f8dac5]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/sbGStreamerMediacore.so[0xb3f893a5]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/sbGStreamerMediacore.so(_ZN27sbGStreamerMediacoreFactory4InitEv+0x46)[0xb3f89b5c]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/sbGStreamerMediacore.so[0xb3f8a841]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/lib/sbGStreamerMediacore.so[0xb3f91252]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/xulrunner/libxul.so[0xb7650449]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/components/sbMediacoreManager.so[0xb50700f9]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/components/sbMediacoreManager.so[0xb5070126]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/components/sbMediacoreManager.so[0xb506f9c1]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/components/sbMediacoreManager.so(_ZN8nsCOMPtrI19sbIMediacoreFactoryEC1ERK15nsCOMPtr_helper+0x2d)[0xb505c8b5]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/components/sbMediacoreManager.so(_ZN18sbMediacoreManager4InitEv+0x1b7)[0xb505a1e7]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/components/sbMediacoreManager.so[0xb505a564]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/xulrunner/libxul.so[0xb762d21f]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/xulrunner/libxul.so[0xb762d7c4]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/xulrunner/libxul.so[0xb6ec2a98]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/xulrunner/libxul.so(XRE_main+0x1aba)[0xb6ec07b2]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/./songbird-bin[0x8048f40]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5)[0xb7d3a685]
/usr/local/bin/songbird/./songbird-bin[0x8048bb1]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0804e000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 1249896 /usr/local/bin/songbird/songbird-bin
0804e000-0804f000 rw-p 00006000 08:06 1249896 /usr/local/bin/songbird/songbird-bin
081a0000-081c1000 rw-p 081a0000 00:00 0 [heap]
b229c000-b22a4000 rw-p b229c000 00:00 0
b3236000-b3272000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 795901 /usr/lib/libvisual-0.4.so.0.0.0
b3272000-b3273000 r--p 0003b000 08:06 795901 /usr/lib/libvisual-0.4.so.0.0.0
b3273000-b3274000 rw-p 0003c000 08:06 795901 /usr/lib/libvisual-0.4.so.0.0.0
b3274000-b3284000 rw-p b3274000 00:00 0
b3284000-b32a3000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 795577 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0
b32a3000-b32a4000 rw-p 0001e000 08:06 795577 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0
b32ac000-b32b2000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 1036340 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstlibvisual.so
b32b2000-b32b3000 r--p 00005000 08:06 1036340 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstlibvisual.so
b32b3000-b32b4000 rw-p 00006000 08:06 1036340 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstlibvisual.so
b32b4000-b32c1000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 1036338 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstjpeg.so
b32c1000-b32c2000 r--p 0000c000 08:06 1036338 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstjpeg.so
b32c2000-b32c3000 rw-p 0000d000 08:06 1036338 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstjpeg.so
b32c3000-b32d3000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 795535 /usr/lib/libhal.so.1.0.0
b32d3000-b32d4000 r--p 0000f000 08:06 795535 /usr/lib/libhal.so.1.0.0
b32d4000-b32d5000 rw-p 00010000 08:06 795535 /usr/lib/libhal.so.1.0.0
b32d9000-b32e3000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 1036337 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstinterleave.so
b32e3000-b32e4000 r--p 00009000 08:06 1036337 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstinterleave.so
b32e4000-b32e5000 rw-p 0000a000 08:06 1036337 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstinterleave.so
b32e5000-b32ea000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 1036334 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgsthalelements.so
b32ea000-b32eb000 r--p 00004000 08:06 1036334 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgsthalelements.so
b32eb000-b32ec000 rw-p 00005000 08:06 1036334 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgsthalelements.so
b32ec000-b32f2000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 1036333 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstgoom2k1.so
b32f2000-b32f3000 r--p 00005000 08:06 1036333 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstgoom2k1.so
b32f3000-b32f4000 rw-p 00006000 08:06 1036333 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstgoom2k1.so
b32f4000-b3334000 rw-p b32f4000 00:00 0
b3334000-b333c000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 858202 /usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libsftp.so
b333c000-b333d000 r--p 00007000 08:06 858202 /usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libsftp.so
b333d000-b333e000 rw-p 00008000 08:06 858202 /usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libsftp.so
b333e000-b3345000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 795258 /usr/lib/libfam.so.0.0.0
b3345000-b3346000 rw-p 00006000 08:06 795258 /usr/lib/libfam.so.0.0.0
b3346000-b334c000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 81001 /lib/libacl.so.1.1.0
b334c000-b334e000 rw-p 00005000 08:06 81001 /lib/libacl.so.1.1.0
b334e000-b3354000 rw-p b334e000 00:00 0
b3354000-b335c000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 858195 /usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libftp.so
b335c000-b335d000 r--p 00007000 08:06 858195 /usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libftp.so
b335d000-b335e000 rw-p 00008000 08:06 858195 /usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libftp.so
b335e000-b3365000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 795587 /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
b3365000-b3366000 r--p 00006000 08:06 795587 /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
b3366000-b3367000 rw-p 00007000 08:06 795587 /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
b3367000-b3389000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 795579 /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
b3389000-b338a000 r--p 00022000 08:06 795579 /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
b338a000-b338b000 rw-p 00023000 08:06 795579 /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
b338b000-b341a000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 795585 /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
b341a000-b341c000 r--p 0008e000 08:06 795585 /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
b341c000-b341d000 rw-p 00090000 08:06 795585 /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
b341d000-b3445000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 795442 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
b3445000-b3446000 r--p 00028000 08:06 795442 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
b3446000-b3447000 rw-p 00029000 08:06 795442 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
b3447000-b3463000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 858197 /usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libhttp.so
b3463000-b3464000 r--p 0001b000 08:06 858197 /usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libhttp.so
b3464000-b3465000 rw-p 0001c000 08:06 858197 /usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libhttp.so
b3465000-b347d000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 843066 /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so
b347d000-b347e000 r--p 00017000 08:06 843066 /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so
b347e000-b347f000 rw-p 00018000 08:06 843066 /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so
b347f000-b348c000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 795529 /usr/lib/libgvfscommon.so.0.0.0
b348c000-b348d000 r--p 0000d000 08:06 795529 /usr/lib/libgvfscommon.so.0.0.0
b348d000-b348e000 rw-p 0000e000 08:06 795529 /usr/lib/libgvfscommon.so.0.0.0
b348e000-b3491000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 81007 /lib/libattr.so.1.1.0
b3491000-b3493000 rw-p 00003000 08:06 81007 /lib/libattr.so.1.1.0
b3493000-b349f000

Please can you help me diagnose the issue. I'd love to move away from Amarok and I really liked Songbird when I had a Windows machine.

Many thanks in advance!</pid>