Importing zbar causes python to exit with exit code 139 - what could cause this on a mac running 10.9?

Question

I am trying to get QR code recognition going in my opencv workflow but the program immediately exits with code 139.

import zbar causes the problem becau

Answer 1

Fatal errors are indicated by 128 + error code. In your case, this is 128 + 11 = 139, where 11 refers to SIGSEGV, i.e. invalid memory access. See also:

• http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10844
• http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/signal.7.html

If you run your code through gdb, valgrind or Instruments, you may be able to find the exact location where this occurs.