On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 08:09:48PM +0100, Jose' Manuel Pereira wrote:
> "DV" == Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de> writes:
>
> DV> I know it's not the right place to ask this question, but according to
> DV> my experiences I get 75% of my non-fvwm related questions answered on
> DV> this list and 0% on other lists or newsgroups.
>
> >:-)
>
> DV> My problem is: since I upgraded from SuSE 6.2 to SuSE 6.4 (Linux 2.2.14,
> DV> i386), all generated core files seem to be corrupt. Whenever I call gdb
> DV> to get a stack trace all I get is something like this:
>
> DV> $ gdb <program> core warning: wrong size gregset struct in core file
> DV> warning: wrong size fpregset struct in core file #0 0x0 in ?? () (gdb)
> DV> where #0 0x0 in ?? ()
>
> Mm. You need to recompile gdb.
>
> DV> I've already tried to recompile gdb, but to no avail.
>
> The plot thickens...
>
> DV> With my old SuSE 6.2 (kernel 2.2.10), fvwm's core dumps were about 1.5
> DV> meg, but not they are only 300k. I guess there is a connection. I can
> DV> vaguely remember that there is some way to reduce the information in a
> DV> core file, but perhaps this was on AIX. BTW, of course I do not limit
> DV> core dump size with ulimit.
>
> Aha. You are using a new(er) gcc/egcs version. I remember reading something about
> cleverer management of symbol tables in the last release (2.95.?)
>
> Probably you'll need an updated version of gdb... AND of binutils (perhaps
> upgrading this one will suffice).
>
> Cumprimentos,
THanks for the reply, my problem was already solved offline.
Downloading the latest gdb rpm from the SuSE support site
fixed the problem.
Bye
Dominik ^_^
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Received on Tue May 09 2000 - 01:22:31 BST