GNU gdb 5.1 configured as "i386-linux". This is the stock GDB in the woody Debian distribution.
I have files in ftp://fly.cnuce.cnr.it/pub/tmp/gdb-bug/. They are the core left by gdb, which is enormous but compressed very well, and the whole Emacs src dir that I was debugging at the moment. All in all, about 30 MB to download, 200 on the disk. I had run emacs under gdb using this script file: ===File ~/News/emacs.gdb==================================== #! /usr/bin/gdb -x file /opt/e21/src/emacs source /opt/e21/src/.gdbinit r --funcall load-my-desktop ============================================================ when Emacs crashed. I have some logs of the session, that I report below. The last log is when gdb crashed: ------------ Last log (gdb crash) ------------ (gdb) p/x current_buffer->auto_save_file_name $59 = 0x1827b31c (gdb) xstring $60 = (struct Lisp_String *) 0x827b31c Segmentation fault (core dumped) ---------- end of last log ------------------- In the middle, I had the problem that the x* commands defined in the .gdbinit file in the emacs src dir did not work: ------------ Intermediate log (x* commands not working ----------- (gdb) p/x current_buffer->size $46 = 0x2002006d (gdb) xtype Lisp_Misc Argument to arithmetic operation not a number or boolean. (gdb) p/x current_buffer->size $48 = 0x2002006d (gdb) xmisctype Argument to arithmetic operation not a number or boolean. --------------- end of intermidiate log -------------------------- This problem disappeared after I issued the xreload command, which too is defined in the emacs .gdbinit. ----------- First log (beginning of session) ----------- Fatal error (6). Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0x4031a911 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x4031a911 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x080ceb86 in fatal_error_signal (sig=6) at emacs.c:370 #2 0x4031a848 in sigaction () from /lib/libc.so.6 #3 0x080eef51 in buf_charpos_to_bytepos (b=0x8b867c8, charpos=16230496) at marker.c:141 #4 0x08103434 in scan_newline (start=16230496, start_byte=16230496, limit=1, limit_byte=1, count=-1, allow_quit=1) at search.c:761 #5 0x081000e0 in current_column_1 () at indent.c:516 #6 0x080ffd08 in current_column () at indent.c:377 #7 0x08065d50 in redisplay_internal (preserve_echo_area=1) at xdisp.c:8492 #8 0x08066b2a in redisplay_preserve_echo_area (from_where=2) at xdisp.c:9057 #9 0x08056852 in sit_for (sec=0, usec=125000, reading=0, display=1, initial_display=1) at dispnew.c:6185 #10 0x0805696d in Fsit_for (seconds=1747435148, milliseconds=405254940, nodisp=405254940) at dispnew.c:6234 #11 0x08126377 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0xbfffe434) at eval.c:2720 #12 0x0814d20c in Fbyte_code (bytestr=944247468, vector=1212685872, maxdepth=7) at bytecode.c:709 #13 0x0812693b in funcall_lambda (fun=1212686208, nargs=0, arg_vector=0xbfffe5fc) at eval.c:2905 #14 0x081264a1 in Ffuncall (nargs=1, args=0xbfffe5f8) at eval.c:2770 #15 0x08125d4e in Fapply (nargs=2, args=0xbfffe5f8) at eval.c:2220 #16 0x081262c2 in Ffuncall (nargs=3, args=0xbfffe5f4) at eval.c:2694 #17 0x0814d20c in Fbyte_code (bytestr=941712480, vector=1210147972, maxdepth=4) at bytecode.c:709 #18 0x0812594a in Feval (form=1478583376) at eval.c:2069 #19 0x0812474b in Fcondition_case (args=1479058100) at eval.c:1258 #20 0x0814d6bc in Fbyte_code (bytestr=941712240, vector=1210147820, maxdepth=5) at bytecode.c:891 #21 0x0812693b in funcall_lambda (fun=1210147660, nargs=1, arg_vector=0xbfffe978) at eval.c:2905 #22 0x081264a1 in Ffuncall (nargs=2, args=0xbfffe974) at eval.c:2770 #23 0x081260af in call1 (fn=405309492, arg1=1210640616) at eval.c:2509 #24 0x080d512b in timer_check (do_it_now=1) at keyboard.c:4090 #25 0x080d415a in readable_events (do_timers_now=1) at keyboard.c:3168 #26 0x080d6dc7 in get_input_pending (addr=0x82737c4, do_timers_now=1) at keyboard.c:6058 #27 0x080db001 in detect_input_pending_run_timers (do_display=1) at keyboard.c:9477 #28 0x08151417 in wait_reading_process_input (time_limit=30, microsecs=0, read_kbd=268435455, do_display=1) at process.c:2686 #29 0x08056884 in sit_for (sec=30, usec=0, reading=1, display=1, initial_display=0) at dispnew.c:6195 #30 0x080d3116 in read_char (commandflag=1, nmaps=3, maps=0xbfffee04, prev_event=405254940, used_mouse_menu=0xbfffee58) at keyboard.c:2494 #31 0x080d91ad in read_key_sequence (keybuf=0xbfffef64, bufsize=30, prompt=405254940, dont_downcase_last=0, can_return_switch_frame=1, fix_current_buffer=1) at keyboard.c:8217 #32 0x080d1784 in command_loop_1 () at keyboard.c:1437 #33 0x08124835 in internal_condition_case (bfun=0x80d1490 <command_loop_1>, handlers=405351332, hfun=0x80d10c8 <cmd_error>) at eval.c:1314 #34 0x080d1368 in command_loop_2 () at keyboard.c:1243 #35 0x081243c1 in internal_catch (tag=405312684, func=0x80d1344 <command_loop_2>, arg=405254940) at eval.c:1074 #36 0x080d1312 in command_loop () at keyboard.c:1222 #37 0x080d0e6d in recursive_edit_1 () at keyboard.c:948 #38 0x080d0fa0 in Frecursive_edit () at keyboard.c:1004 #39 0x080cfe27 in main (argc=3, argv=0xbffff524, envp=0xbffff534) at emacs.c:1601 #40 0x4030a65f in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) xbacktrace Argument to arithmetic operation not a number or boolean. (gdb) --------------------- end of first log ------------------ _______________________________________________ Bug-gdb mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gdb