[ros-users] RViz segmentation fault on launch

[Nathaniel Lewis]

I was using RViz to view some kinect data and it crashes while running.
Now every time I try to run it I get a segmentation fault from libc.  I
am using diamondback on Ubuntu 10.10. Here is the back trace:

teknoman117 at XtremePC:/opt/ros/diamondback/stacks/visualization/rviz/bin$
gdb ./rviz 
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Reading symbols
from /opt/ros/diamondback/stacks/visualization/rviz/bin/rviz...done.
(gdb) r
Starting
program: /opt/ros/diamondback/stacks/visualization/rviz/bin/rviz 
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 0x7fffdf7f1700 (LWP 4644)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdeff0700 (LWP 4646)]
[New Thread 0x7fffde7ef700 (LWP 4647)]
[New Thread 0x7fffddfee700 (LWP 4648)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdd7ed700 (LWP 4653)]
[ INFO] [1309248283.663923200]: Loading general config from
[/home/teknoman117/.rviz/config]
[ INFO] [1309248283.664450211]: Loading display config from
[/home/teknoman117/.rviz/display_config]
[New Thread 0x7fffd537d700 (LWP 4654)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd4b7c700 (LWP 4655)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd437b700 (LWP 4656)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd3b7a700 (LWP 4657)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd3379700 (LWP 4658)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd2b78700 (LWP 4659)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd2377700 (LWP 4660)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd1b76700 (LWP 4661)]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007fffeef41beb in memcpy () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007fffeef41beb in memcpy () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x00007fffec17f3b0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
#2  0x00007fffec19bdab in ?? () from /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
#3  0x00007fffd7d3d7b7 in
Ogre::GLHardwareVertexBuffer::GLHardwareVertexBuffer
(this=0x7fffdcbed9b8, 
    mgr=<value optimized out>, vertexSize=<value optimized out>,
numVertices=<value optimized out>, 
    usage=Ogre::HardwareBuffer::HBU_STATIC_WRITE_ONLY,
useShadowBuffer=<value optimized out>)

at /tmp/buildd/ros-diamondback-visualization-common-1.4.1/debian/ros-diamondback-visualization-common/opt/ros/diamondback/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/RenderSystems/GL/src/OgreGLHardwareVertexBuffer.cpp:53
#4  0x00007fffd7d358af in
Ogre::GLHardwareBufferManagerBase::createVertexBuffer
(this=0x7ffff7e9ded8, vertexSize=32, 
    numVerts=289, usage=<value optimized out>, useShadowBuffer=false)

at /tmp/buildd/ros-diamondback-visualization-common-1.4.1/debian/ros-diamondback-visualization-common/opt/ros/diamondback/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/RenderSystems/GL/src/OgreGLHardwareBufferManager.cpp:90
#5  0x00007fffd7d4ae55 in
Ogre::HardwareBufferManager::createVertexBuffer (this=<value optimized
out>, 
    vertexSize=9248, numVerts=1156, usage=9248, useShadowBuffer=<value
optimized out>)

at /tmp/buildd/ros-diamondback-visualization-common-1.4.1/debian/ros-diamondback-visualization-common/opt/ros/diamondback/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/OgreMain/include/OgreHardwareBufferManager.h:399
#6  0x00007ffff73f4b10 in Ogre::PrefabFactory::createSphere
(mesh=0x7ffff7ea06e8)

at /tmp/buildd/ros-diamondback-visualization-common-1.4.1/debian/ros-diamondback-visualization-common/opt/ros/diamondback/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/OgreMain/src/OgrePrefabFactory.cpp:307
#7  0x00007ffff73f5b6a in Ogre::PrefabFactory::createPrefab
(mesh=0x7ffff7ea06e8)

at /tmp/buildd/ros-diamondback-visualization-common-1.4.1/debian/ros-diamondback-visualization-common/opt/ros/diamondback/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/OgreMain/src/OgrePrefabFactory.cpp:53
#8  0x00007ffff73975d8 in Ogre::MeshManager::loadResource
(this=0x7ffff7e94c48, res=0x0)

at /tmp/buildd/ros-diamondback-visualization-common-1.4.1/debian/ros-diamondback-visualization-common/opt/ros/diamondback/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/OgreMain/src/OgreMeshManager.cpp:390
#9  0x00007ffff7429d7e in Ogre::Resource::load (this=0x7ffff7ea06e8,
background=false)

at /tmp/buildd/ros-diamondback-visualization-common-1.4.1/debian/ros-diamondback-visualization-common/opt/ros/diamondback/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/OgreMain/src/OgreResource.cpp:208
#10 0x00007ffff739555f in Ogre::MeshManager::createPrefabSphere
(this=<value optimized out>)

at /tmp/buildd/ros-diamondback-visualization-common-1.4.1/debian/ros-diamondback-visualization-common/opt/ros/diamondback/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/OgreMain/src/OgreMeshManager.cpp:372
#11 0x00007ffff744a394 in Ogre::Root::oneTimePostWindowInit
(this=0x7ffff7e8b8d8)

at /tmp/buildd/ros-diamondback-visualization-common-1.4.1/debian/ros-diamondback-visualization-common/opt/ros/diamondback/stacks/visualization_common/ogre/build/ogre_src_v1-7-1/OgreMain/src/OgreRoot.cpp:1363
#12 0x00007ffff744b284 in Ogre::Root::createRenderWindow
(this=0x7ffff7e8b8d8, name=<value optimized out>, 
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