Re: FVWM: X11 crashes with fvwm 2.4.6

From: Markus Grunwald <markus.grunwald_at_gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 13:34:17 +0200

Hi,

On Fri, 03 May 2002 12:09:08 -0400
Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com> wrote:

[...]
> > So I did that:
> >
> > markus_at_Eddie: > gdb -core=./core
> > Core was generated by `/etc/alternatives/x-window-manager'.
> > Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
> > #0 0x08065dc4 in ?? ()
> > (gdb) markus_at_Eddie: > l /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 23. Apr 16:42
> > /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager -> /usr/bin/fvwm2*
> >
> > I'm sorry, this looks like fvwm, not XFree...
>
> OK.
>
> > So:
> >
> > markus_at_Eddie: > gdb /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager ./core
>
> It might be better to do:
>
> gdb /usr/bin/fvwm2 ./core
I did that, with the same result :
>
> > warning: core file may not match specified executable file.
>
> This is a problem. Did you recompile after you created the core file?
No, I didn't.

> > (gdb) where
> > #0 0x08065dc4 in XMapRaised ()
> > #1 0x00000000 in ?? ()
>
> I think this isn't working because of he above issue with the
> core file not matching the executable.
That's strange. I have no Idea, why this could be so...
 
> You should ask questions on the FVWM list. Theres lots of folks
> over there that want to help. :)
Damn... Sorry, I forgot to edit the adress...
Does anyone know, how to teach sylpheed to do that automatically ?

Nevertheless, I have a workaround: I disposed fvwm-2.4.6 and use 2.4.3.
No errors until now (two days)...

-- 
Markus Grunwald
Registered Linux User Nr 101577      
http://counter.li.org                http://www.grunwald.2xs.de
--
Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>.
To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a
message to majordomo_at_fvwm.org.
To report problems, send mail to fvwm-owner_at_fvwm.org.
Received on Sun May 05 2002 - 08:48:28 BST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Mon Aug 29 2016 - 19:37:53 BST