#1141827 gnome-snapshot: Segmentation fault on launch when calling Camera:OpenPipeWireRemote #1141827
- Package:
- gnome-snapshot
- Source:
- gnome-snapshot
- Description:
- Take pictures and videos from your webcam
- Submitter:
- Igor Jagec
- Date:
- 2026-07-13 19:45:02 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
- Tags:
Dear Maintainer,
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* What led up to the situation?
Fresh install of Debian forky on a new ThinkPad P14s Gen 5.
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
Started the snapshot app from both GUI and the terminal. Here's the full output below:
igor@prospero:~/Downloads$ GST_DEBUG=2 snapshot
2026-07-10T14:27:18.273923Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Snapshot (org.gnome.Snapshot)
2026-07-10T14:27:18.273951Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Version: 50.0
2026-07-10T14:27:18.273957Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Datadir: /usr/share/snapshot
2026-07-10T14:27:18.608169Z INFO ashpd::desktop::request: Creating a org.freedesktop.portal.Request /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop/request/1_143/ashpd_QweWGryT3A
2026-07-10T14:27:18.610254Z INFO ashpd::desktop::request: Received signal 'Response' on 'org.freedesktop.portal.Request'
2026-07-10T14:27:18.610281Z INFO ashpd::proxy: Calling method org.freedesktop.portal.Camera:OpenPipeWireRemote
Segmentation fault GST_DEBUG=2 snapshot
* What was the outcome of this action?
Immediate Segmentation fault after calling OpenPipeWireRemote.
* What outcome did you expect instead?
The camera app to open and show the webcam feed.
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Control: tags -1 moreinfo Hi Igor, this does work for me in unstable: GST_DEBUG=2 snapshot 2026-07-10T17:55:29.846541Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Snapshot (org.gnome.Snapshot) 2026-07-10T17:55:29.846592Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Version: 50.0 2026-07-10T17:55:29.846598Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Datadir: /usr/share/snapshot (snapshot:6018): Adwaita-WARNING **: 19:55:30.157: Using GtkSettings:gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme with libadwaita is unsupported. Please use AdwStyleManager:color-scheme instead. 2026-07-10T17:55:30.675533Z INFO ashpd::desktop::request: Creating a org.freedesktop.portal.Request /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop/request/1_193/ashpd_bFS7njE8oP 2026-07-10T17:55:30.678471Z INFO ashpd::desktop::request: Received signal 'Response' on 'org.freedesktop.portal.Request' 2026-07-10T17:55:30.678501Z INFO ashpd::proxy: Calling method org.freedesktop.portal.Camera:OpenPipeWireRemote 0:00:00.446546644 6018 6018 ERROR encodebasebin gstencodebasebin.c:979:set_element_properties_from_encoding_profile: Unknown factory: jifmux 0:00:00.478023809 6018 6097 WARN aggregator gstaggregator.c:2355:gst_aggregator_query_latency_unlocked:<muxer> Latency query failed 0:00:00.632766389 6018 6097 WARN aggregator gstaggregator.c:2355:gst_aggregator_query_latency_unlocked:<muxer> Latency query failed 2026-07-10T17:55:31.531128Z ERROR snapshot::widgets::gallery_item: Could not load gallery item for VID_20260519_150303.mp4: Unknown image format: vide .... Could you please provide a) a full backtrace (see https://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace) and b) the output of cam -l (from libcamera-tools) best, werdahias
It's working fine now, see the output below. You can close this ticket now. Thank you very much. igor@prospero:/tmp$ GST_DEBUG=2 snapshot 2026-07-13T19:39:42.150978Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Snapshot (org.gnome.Snapshot) 2026-07-13T19:39:42.151036Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Version: 50.0 2026-07-13T19:39:42.151038Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Datadir: /usr/share/snapshot 2026-07-13T19:39:42.358423Z INFO ashpd::desktop::request: Creating a org.freedesktop.portal.Request /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop/request/1_132/ashpd_z7jGOixRGH 2026-07-13T19:39:42.359466Z INFO ashpd::desktop::request: Received signal 'Response' on 'org.freedesktop.portal.Request' 2026-07-13T19:39:42.359498Z INFO ashpd::proxy: Calling method org.freedesktop.portal.Camera:OpenPipeWireRemote 0:00:00.179555962 27441 27441 ERROR encodebasebin gstencodebasebin.c:979:set_element_properties_from_encoding_profile: Unknown factory: jifmux 0:00:00.196769082 27441 27485 WARN aggregator gstaggregator.c:2355:gst_aggregator_query_latency_unlocked:<muxer> Latency query failed 0:00:00.340608834 27441 27485 WARN aggregator gstaggregator.c:2355:gst_aggregator_query_latency_unlocked:<muxer> Latency query failed 0:00:00.789649770 27441 27494 WARN videodecoder gstvideodecoder.c:3717:gst_video_decoder_clip_and_push_buf:<jpegdec0> Dropping frame due to QoS. start:0:00:00.443968625 deadline:0:00:00.477301958 earliest_time:0:00:00.481632972 0:00:00.892956516 27441 27494 WARN videodecoder gstvideodecoder.c:3717:gst_video_decoder_clip_and_push_buf:<jpegdec0> Dropping frame due to QoS. start:0:00:00.543947625 deadline:0:00:00.577280958 earliest_time:0:00:00.580673932 0:00:01.091813980 27441 27494 WARN videodecoder gstvideodecoder.c:3717:gst_video_decoder_clip_and_push_buf:<jpegdec0> Dropping frame due to QoS. start:0:00:00.743806625 deadline:0:00:00.777139958 earliest_time:0:00:00.783532642 0:00:01.194366048 27441 27494 WARN videodecoder gstvideodecoder.c:3717:gst_video_decoder_clip_and_push_buf:<jpegdec0> Dropping frame due to QoS. start:0:00:00.843959625 deadline:0:00:00.877292958 earliest_time:0:00:00.885236796 0:00:01.326671999 27441 27494 WARN videodecoder gstvideodecoder.c:3717:gst_video_decoder_clip_and_push_buf:<jpegdec0> Dropping frame due to QoS. start:0:00:00.975791625 deadline:0:00:01.009124958 earliest_time:0:00:01.020193528 0:00:01.428386544 27441 27494 WARN videodecoder gstvideodecoder.c:3717:gst_video_decoder_clip_and_push_buf:<jpegdec0> Dropping frame due to QoS. start:0:00:01.075973625 deadline:0:00:01.109306958 earliest_time:0:00:01.122455914 0:00:01.526704831 27441 27494 WARN videodecoder gstvideodecoder.c:3717:gst_video_decoder_clip_and_push_buf:<jpegdec0> Dropping frame due to QoS. start:0:00:01.176364625 deadline:0:00:01.209697958 earliest_time:0:00:01.219132692 0:00:01.627334458 27441 27494 WARN videodecoder gstvideodecoder.c:3717:gst_video_decoder_clip_and_push_buf:<jpegdec0> Dropping frame due to QoS. start:0:00:01.275970625 deadline:0:00:01.309303958 earliest_time:0:00:01.319870078 0:00:01.858540118 27441 27494 WARN videodecoder gstvideodecoder.c:3717:gst_video_decoder_clip_and_push_buf:<jpegdec0> Dropping frame due to QoS. start:0:00:01.508579625 deadline:0:00:01.541912958 earliest_time:0:00:01.552022458 0:00:02.057323534 27441 27494 WARN videodecoder gstvideodecoder.c:3717:gst_video_decoder_clip_and_push_buf:<jpegdec0> Dropping frame due to QoS. start:0:00:01.708607625 deadline:0:00:01.741940958 earliest_time:0:00:01.751439716 0:00:05.907398220 27441 27485 WARN aggregator gstaggregator.c:2355:gst_aggregator_query_latency_unlocked:<muxer> Latency query failed igor@prospero:/tmp$