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Bug 618437 - h264_video_pwpl is a zombie
h264_video_pwpl is a zombie
Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Product: ekiga
Classification: Applications
Component: general
3.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Ekiga maintainers
Ekiga maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-05-12 10:58 UTC by Yannick
Modified: 2011-10-21 05:29 UTC
See Also:
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Description Yannick 2010-05-12 10:58:33 UTC 
Hi,

On Ubuntu 10.04, using Ekiga 3.2.6 without the H264 plugin for OPAL the proccess h264_video_pwplugin_helper becomes a zombie:
QUOTE:
"ps -el | grep Z

F S UID PID PPID C PRI NI ADDR SZ WCHAN TTY TIME CMD
0 Z 1000 2070 2069 0 80 0 - 0 exit ? 00:00:00 h264_video_pwpl <defunct>
0 Z 1000 2074 2073 0 80 0 - 0 exit ? 00:00:00 h264_video_pwpl <defunct>"

Is that the normal/expected behavior?

Downstream reference for the reporter:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ekiga/+bug/578056

Best regards,
Yannick
Comment 1 Eugen Dedu 2010-05-16 21:33:28 UTC 
I think this is because they build-depend on libavcodec from ubuntu, which was wrongly done on debian and fixed afterwards, see entry
 opal  (3.6.6~dfsg-4) unstable; urgency=low
from http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/o/opal/current/changelog.

Could you please check that (i.e. that opal has in its file debian/control the package libavcodec in Build-Depends field)?
Comment 2 Eugen Dedu 2011-09-07 17:32:29 UTC 
Yannick, could you check that this still applies with ekiga >= 3.3.2?
Comment 3 Akhil Laddha 2011-10-21 05:29:38 UTC 
Closing this bug report as no further information has been provided. Please feel free to reopen this bug if you can provide the information asked for.
Thanks!