Segmentation Fault on File -> Recent

I just wanted to check if anybody has solved or seen this problem yet before I report it on mantis. When I load a session and then load another session using the Recent Dialog, I get a segmentation fault. Here is the terminal output:

Ardour 2.8.11
(built using 7387 and GCC version 4.5.1)
Copyright © 1999-2008 Paul Davis
Some portions Copyright © Steve Harris, Ari Johnson, Brett Viren, Joel Baker

Ardour comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; see the source for copying conditions.
loading default ui configuration file /etc/ardour2/ardour2_ui_default.conf
loading user ui configuration file /home/christie/.ardour2/ardour2_ui.conf
Loading ui configuration file /etc/ardour2/ardour2_ui_dark.rc
theme_init() called from internal clearlooks engine
ardour: [INFO]: Ardour will be limited to 4096 open files
loading system configuration file /etc/ardour2/ardour_system.rc
loading user configuration file /home/christie/.ardour2/ardour.rc
ardour: [INFO]: No H/W specific optimizations in use
ardour: [INFO]: looking for control protocols in /home/christie/.ardour2/surfaces/:/usr/lib/ardour2/surfaces/
ardour: [INFO]: Control protocol Tranzport not usable
powermate: Opening of powermate failed - No such file or directory
ardour: [INFO]: Control protocol powermate not usable
ardour: [INFO]: Control surface protocol discovered: “Generic MIDI”
ardour: [INFO]: Control surface protocol discovered: “Mackie”
loading bindings from /etc/ardour2/mnemonic-us.bindings

(ardour-2.8.11:5038): Gtk-WARNING **: EnableTranslation: missing action EnableTranslation
Session writable based on /home/christie/Music/Ardour/Return To The Scene/
Session writable based on /home/christie/Music/Ardour/Kipling/Save Your Soul/
Segmentation fault

Yes, sadly opening two sessions (Or snapshots which are just sessions) without closing Ardour in between is known to cause crashes intermittently as of right now. For the time being the best practice is to close Ardour with each session you complete work on.

Seablade

Thanks for the reply seablade, it’s good to know this is a known issue.