Public bug reported: I'm running motion on an updated 24/7 server with many other processes and no suspected hardware problems.
I'm using motion to collect data from an IP camera. I'm also using another software to connect automatically to motion's web port on localhost and check the camera is alive. Motion runs smoothly for hours, sometimes days. Sometimes (let's say 2-3 times a week), motion crashes. That's what I found on syslog: Oct 15 05:22:59 transylvania motion: [0] Thread 1 - Watchdog timeout, trying to do a graceful restart Oct 15 05:23:10 transylvania motion: [1] Calling vid_close() from motion_cleanup Oct 15 05:23:11 transylvania motion: [1] vid_close: calling netcam_cleanup Oct 15 05:23:11 transylvania motion: [1] netcam camera handler: finish set, exiting Oct 15 05:23:11 transylvania motion: [0] Motion thread 1 restart Oct 15 05:23:11 transylvania motion: [1] Thread 1 started Oct 15 05:23:11 transylvania motion: [1] Resizing pre_capture buffer to 1 items Oct 15 05:23:19 transylvania kernel: [5717631.158791] motion[17206]: segfault at 131 ip 00007fa135bed248 sp 00007fa12d7b4438 error 4 in libjpeg.so.8.0.2[7fa135bb9000+3f000] Talking with the guys on #motion, they said "libjpeg errors are often due to jpeg vs jpegturbo without a rebuild"... not sure if this info is useful. Restarting motion makes it work again with no problems until next crash. I'm attaching my motion.conf (comments removed for readability) and .crash file. If you need more info, please don't hesitate to ask. Thank you. ----- System info ------ # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 13.04 Release: 13.04 # apt-cache policy motion motion: Installato: 3.2.12-3.4 Candidato: 3.2.12-3.4 Tabella versione: *** 3.2.12-3.4 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status # apt-cache policy libjpeg8 libjpeg8: Installato: 8c-2ubuntu7 Candidato: 8c-2ubuntu7 Tabella versione: *** 8c-2ubuntu7 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status # apt-cache policy libjpeg-turbo8 libjpeg-turbo8: Installato: 1.2.1-0ubuntu2 Candidato: 1.2.1-0ubuntu2 Tabella versione: *** 1.2.1-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: motion (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "Crash Dump" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240237/+attachment/3878847/+files/_usr_bin_motion.124.crash -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240237 Title: Motion crashes unexpectedly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/motion/+bug/1240237/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs