#633417 webcam 3.95.dfsg.1-8.1 terminates with segfault (Deb stable)

Package:
webcam
Source:
xawtv
Description:
image grabber and uploader
Submitter:
mike
Date:
2011-07-10 06:39:05 UTC
Severity:
important
#633417#5
Date:
2011-07-10 06:38:14 UTC
From:
To:
launching webcam on debian stable with a Logitech C120 webcam causes a segfault:

	[output]
		# webcam /etc/webcam.conf
		reading config file: /etc/webcam.conf
		video4linux webcam v1.5 - (c) 1998-2002 Gerd Knorr
		grabber config:
		size 176x144 [16 bit YUV 4:2:2 (packed, YUYV)]
		input Camera 1, norm (null), jpeg quality 50
		rotate=0, top=0, left=0, bottom=240, right=320
		write config [ftp]:
		local transfer /tmp/imagetmp.jpeg => /tmp/webcam.jpeg
		Segmentation fault
	[/output]

dmesg shows:
	[output]
		[ 1977.562807] webcam[4166]: segfault at 919bd4c ip b76252e3 sp bff19ea8 error 6 in libc-2.11.2.so[b75b7000+140000]
	[/output]

For reference here is a link to my forum post on this matter,
which has some further details about my SOE:

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=66623&p=381314#p381314

Please let me know if I can include anything further.

Regards,

Mike.