# Mopidy crashes with free(): invalid pointer
**URL:** https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-crashes-with-free-invalid-pointer/4466
**Category:** Misc
**Created:** [November 16, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-crashes-with-free-invalid-pointer/4466 "2020-11-16T19:12:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Jetze\_Mellema](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Jetze_Mellema)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-crashes-with-free-invalid-pointer/4466/1 "2020-11-16T19:12:31Z")
Latest Mopidy on latest Raspbian on Pi 4. After a few hours the server crashes with these lines in the log:
> Nov 16 19:01:40 pi4 mopidy[1617]: free(): invalid pointer
> Nov 16 19:01:40 pi4 systemd[1]: mopidy.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT
> Nov 16 19:01:40 pi4 systemd[1]: mopidy.service: Failed with result ‘signal’.
Pretty vanilla install, but here’s my config:
> [raspberry-gpio]
> enabled = true
> bcm24 = play\_pause,active\_low,250
> bcm16 = volume\_down,active\_low,250
> bcm6 = next,active\_low,250
> bcm5 = volume\_up,active\_low,250
>
> [file]
> enabled = true
> media\_dirs = /home/pi/Music
> show\_dotfiles = false
> excluded\_file\_extensions =
> .directory
> .html
> .jpeg
> .jpg
> .log
> .nfo
> .pdf
> .png
> .txt
> .zip
> follow\_symlinks = false
> metadata\_timeout = 1000
>
> [pidi]
> enabled = true
> display = st7789
> rotation = 270
>
> [mpd]
> hostname = 0.0.0.0
>
> [http]
> hostname = 0.0.0.0
>
> [audio]
> mixer\_volume = 20
> output = alsasink device=hw:sndrpihifiberry
>
> [spotify]
> enabled = true
> username = 112155299
> password = Oa581I4r#5mJ
> client\_id = ea32b8de-aaa0-49de-b7b1-b5b30d40a52e
> client\_secret = Wckptdt0L9Gj6l76eHwMK-EQy-aSuFsEqjaJBiUoezI=
> bitrate = 320
>
> [iris]
> enabled = true
> country = NL
> locale = en\_US
Please let me know if more information is required.
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### Author:  [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-crashes-with-free-invalid-pointer/4466/2 "2020-11-16T20:19:17Z")
So far all of these crashes people have reported here are due to mopidy-pidi. I’d suggest disabling the plugin and verifying the crashing stops. Then report the issue on the mopidy-pidi bug tracker.
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### Author:  [@kokos](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kokos)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-crashes-with-free-invalid-pointer/4466/3 "2021-05-25T16:10:23Z")
Hi both!
I have exactly same issue. Pi zero + pirateaudio + mopidy-pidi onboard as well. Is there any way to ensure this is an issue with mopidy-pidi other than elimination by disabling this extension?
//edit: I found this thread: [Mopidy crashes when pidi is enabled · Issue #12 · pimoroni/mopidy-pidi · GitHub](https://github.com/pimoroni/mopidy-pidi/issues/12)
I’ve just updated spidev running: sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade spidev
Let’s see whether it helps… @Jetze_Mellema, any chance you already did that?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@kokos](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kokos)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-crashes-with-free-invalid-pointer/4466/4 "2021-05-26T07:24:40Z")
OK, so upgrading spidev to 3.5 definitely helps. 3.4 is faulty.