[pyddr-discuss] segfault - not mp3 related

ajze at goquest.com ajze at goquest.com
Wed Feb 4 11:35:28 EST 2004


I turned on safe preview, but it still crashes.  I don't have any mp3's in any 
of the song directories - that's how I know it's not mp3 related.  Is there 
anything else I can do to help figure out what's going wrong?

On Tuesday 03 February 2004 10:01 am, Joe Wreschnig wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 18:52, ajze at goquest.com wrote:
> > I say it's not mp3 related because there aren't any mp3's in any of the
> > directories listed in the output.
>
> If you are unsure of the cause of the bug, leave diagnosing it to us,
> please.
>
> > I apologize if this has come up before,
> > but I can't find any mailing list archives.  The error is as follows:
> >
> > 0 joystick(s) found.
> > Loaded input configuration.
> > pydance 0.9.0 <pyddr-discuss at icculus.org> - irc.freenode.net/#pyddr
> > W: Psyco optimizing compiler not found.
> > Searching for songs in /usr/share/games/pydance/songs
> > Searching for songs in ~/.pydance/songs
> > Searching for songs in /usr/local/share/games/pydance/songs
> > Searching for courses in /usr/share/games/pydance/courses
> > Searching for courses in ~/.pydance/courses
> > Searching for courses in /usr/local/share/games/pydance/courses
> > Pygame Parachute Traceback:
> >   File "/usr/local/share/games/pydance/dance.py", line 205, in play
> > Fatal Python error: (pygame parachute) Segmentation Fault
> > Aborted
> >
> > It happens right after selecting a song -- presumably right before
> > gameplay begins.  Everything looks fine before this. Same thing in full
> > screen or windowed mode.  The line number referenced is line 195 in 8.4;
> > not sure about 8.2.
>
> Are you using any MP3s? Is your preview mode set to safe? If not, please
> set it to safe and see if the crash is still there (I stongly suspect it
> won't be). If it is, please convert the MP3s to Oggs or remove the MP3s
> from your songdir, and see if it's still there.




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