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<H1>[Mageia-dev] net_applet segfaulting</H1>
<B>Shlomi Fish</B>
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<I>Sun Jul 1 17:21:03 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>Hi Robert,
On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 14:55:25 +0200
Robert Fox <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">list at foxconsult.net</A>> wrote:
><i> On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 19:46 +0200, Thierry Vignaud wrote:
</I>><i> > On 19 June 2012 16:01, Robert Fox <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">list at foxconsult.net</A>> wrote:
</I>><i> > > So for some unexplained reason it segfaults and I have to start it
</I>><i> > > again.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Please:
</I>><i> > 1) install perl-debug glibc-debug perl-Glib-debug perl-Gtk2-debug
</I>><i> > gtk2.0-debug gdb
</I>><i> > 2) run "gdb perl /usr/bin/net_applet"
</I>><i> > 3) type "run" to start it from the debuger
</I>><i> > 4) type "bt" to get a backstrace once it segfaulted
</I>><i> > 5) paste the backtrace in a text file you'll _attach_ to a bug report
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Finally got around to trying this - here is the output so far:
</I>><i>
</I>><i> [<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">rfox at ThinkFox</A> ~]$ gdb perl /usr/bin/net_applet
</I>><i> GNU gdb (GDB) 7.3.50.20110722-4.mga2 (Mageia release 2)
</I>><i> Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
</I>><i> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
</I>><i> <<A HREF="http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html</A>>
</I>><i> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
</I>><i> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show
</I>><i> copying"
</I>><i> and "show warranty" for details.
</I>><i> This GDB was configured as "x86_64-mageia-linux-gnu".
</I>><i> For bug reporting instructions, please see:
</I>><i> <<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/">http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/</A>>...
</I>><i> Reading symbols from /usr/bin/perl...Reading symbols
</I>><i> from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/perl5.16.0.debug...done.
</I>><i> done.
</I>><i> "/usr/bin/net_applet" is not a core dump: File format not recognized
</I>><i> (gdb) run
</I>><i> Starting program: /usr/bin/perl
</I>><i> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
</I>><i> Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".
</I>><i>
</I>><i> and it just sits there - program doesn't start.
</I>><i>
</I>
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
><i> Didn't get very far . . .
</I>><i>
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