[Mageia-dev] net_applet segfaulting

Sun Jul 1 17:21:03 CEST 2012

Hi Robert,
+
+On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 14:55:25 +0200
+Robert Fox <list at foxconsult.net> wrote:
+
+> On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 19:46 +0200, Thierry Vignaud wrote:
+> > On 19 June 2012 16:01, Robert Fox <list at foxconsult.net> wrote:
+> > > So for some unexplained reason it segfaults and I have to start it
+> > > again.
+> > 
+> > Please:
+> > 1) install perl-debug glibc-debug perl-Glib-debug perl-Gtk2-debug
+> > gtk2.0-debug gdb
+> > 2) run "gdb perl /usr/bin/net_applet"
+> > 3) type "run" to start it from the debuger
+> > 4) type "bt" to get a backstrace once it segfaulted
+> > 5) paste the backtrace in a text file you'll _attach_ to a bug report
+> 
+> Finally got around to trying this - here is the output so far:
+> 
+> [rfox at ThinkFox ~]$ gdb perl /usr/bin/net_applet
+> GNU gdb (GDB) 7.3.50.20110722-4.mga2 (Mageia release 2)
+> Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
+> <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
+> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
+> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show
+> copying"
+> and "show warranty" for details.
+> This GDB was configured as "x86_64-mageia-linux-gnu".
+> For bug reporting instructions, please see:
+> <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
+> Reading symbols from /usr/bin/perl...Reading symbols
+> from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/perl5.16.0.debug...done.
+> done.
+> "/usr/bin/net_applet" is not a core dump: File format not recognized
+> (gdb) run
+> Starting program: /usr/bin/perl 
+> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
+> Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".
+> 
+> and it just sits there - program doesn't start.
+> 
+
+That's the wrong way to use gdb. You should do:
+
+$ gdb /usr/bin/perl
+$ run /usr/bin/net_applet
+
+Also look into gdb's --command flag for start up commands.
+
+Regards,
+
+	Shlomi Fish
+
+> Didn't get very far . . .
+> 
+> 
+
+
+
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