[Mageia-dev] net_applet segfaulting

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi Robert,

please reply to the list.

On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:17:45 +0200
Robert Fox <list at foxconsult.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 13:14 +0300, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > Hi Robert,
> > 
> > On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:05:46 +0200
> > Robert Fox <list at foxconsult.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2012-07-01 at 18:15 +0300, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > > > 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
> > > > > 
> > > > That's the wrong way to invoke gdb. You need:
> > > > 
> > > > $ gdb /usr/bin/perl
> > > > 
> > > > And in the gdb prompt:
> > > > 
> > > > $ r /usr/bin/net_applet
> > > > 
> > > > You can also use a --command start-up flag for that.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > 
> > > > 	Shlomi Fish
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks Shlomi!  Here's the results - I guess I need to open a formal bug
> > > now:
> > 
> > You're welcome. However, it seems that your stack trace is missing some debug
> > packages. Please try to install them and to reproduce the stack trace again.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > 	Shlomi Fish
> > 
> 
> Hello Shlomi - I installed what Thierry Vignaud suggested:  
> 
> Please:
> 1) install perl-debug glibc-debug perl-Glib-debug perl-Gtk2-debug
> gtk2.0-debug gdb

Looks fine.

> 2) run "gdb perl /usr/bin/net_applet"

That's wrong - it should just be "gdb perl".

> 3) type "run" to start it from the debuger

"run /usr/bin/net_applet".

> 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
> 
> What am I missing??
> 

I don't think you're missing anything. Don't know what the problem is, but
maybe gdb does not load all the debug symbols. There's a related bug report
about it here:

https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3417

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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