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Bug#750556: libqtmultimediakit1 hangs when starting without pulseaudio running



On Wednesday 04 June 2014 17:16:05 Georg Rudoy wrote:
> Package: libqtmultimediakit1
> Version: 1.2.0-3+b1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Applications using QtMultimediaKit from QtMobility hang when querying
> for audio devices if pulseaudio daemon isn't running. This is a known
> bug upstream refuses to fix:
> https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-29742
> 
> The problem is that Qt's code locks the PA mainloop before
> initializing the connection, but if the connection fails to be
> initialized (like when PA is not running or is not installed), it
> tries to free the mainloop without unlocking it, leading to a lock and
> freeze.
> 
> The attached patch fixes the issue.

Georg: the patch needs to be submitted to upstream trough gerrit, not using 
upstream's bug tracker.

I might take a look at the patch and see it it fits. Now what I don't really 
know is if qtmobility is still alive or not. Maybe it's just as Qt 4: only 
pure maintainance.

Kinds regards, Lisandro.

-- 
Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer
http://perezmeyer.com.ar/
http://perezmeyer.blogspot.com/

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