On Fri, 2012-10-05 at 18:47 +0800, Croach wrote: > Hi, > > I have do porting PulseAudio to the powerpc platform, and PulseAudio > hangs if I use the command to start "pulseaudio --start --daemonize." > I have use gdb to trace the process, and the main thread hangs in the > pthread_join(), which is called in lock-autospawn. > > The libc.so.6 of this powerpc platform is consisted of the following extensions: > Available extensions: > GNU libio by Per Bothner > crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others > linuxthreads-0.10 by Xavier Leroy > spe-0.1 by Aldy Hernandez > BIND-8.2.3-T5B > libthread_db work sponsored by Alpha Processor Inc > NIS(YP)/NIS+ NSS modules 0.19 by Thorsten Kukuk > > Pulseaudio works fine on another powerpc platform, and the information > of the libc.so.6 is: > Available extensions: > crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others > GNU Libidn by Simon Josefsson > Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al > Support for some architectures added on, not maintained in glibc core. > BIND-8.2.3-T5B > > I have do some tests on other platforms with different version of > libc.so.6, and PulseAudio always hangs on the platforms that libc.so > is using linuxthreads-0.10. > Is it the problem of the pthread lib? At least I can't say based on the given information where the bug is. > I think I can solve this issus by changing the libc.so.6. > However, many of our applications are built on this libc.so, so I > would like to know if there's any other solution? As a workaround, maybe you can start pulseaudio without the --start parameter. -- Tanu
