I encountered a segfault of gdb 2002-04-01-cvs (Debian Sarge package) when running it on a (huge) core file generated by a C++ program (compiled with g++ 3.2).
Here is a trace of gdb running gdb: (gael@pc137082, 16) ~/mkigen/run $ gdb gdb [...] (gdb) r ../apps/login/login core.19795 [...] Core was generated by `/home/gael/mkigen/apps/login/login /home/gael/mkigen/orb.cfg'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. [...] #0 0x40bcb094 in Player::save() (this=0x80c68e8) at player.cpp:2241 (gdb) p _graphical_attributes (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)... Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x40112f01 in _IO_file_seekoff () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x40112f01 in _IO_file_seekoff () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x4010b8d3 in _IO_seekoff () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x4010fbdb in fseek () from /lib/libc.so.6 #3 0x08139567 in bfd_seek () #4 0x0813992f in _bfd_generic_get_section_contents () #5 0x0813a8b4 in bfd_get_section_contents () #6 0x080bb9ef in xfer_memory () #7 0x080b6649 in do_xfer_memory () #8 0x080b676c in do_xfer_memory () #9 0x080b65ae in target_read_memory () #10 0x080bf401 in read_memory () #11 0x08078460 in value_fetch_lazy () #12 0x0807a215 in value_bitstring () #13 0x08077ddd in value_cast () #14 0x0811fec7 in gnuv3_baseclass_offset () #15 0x080d37be in baseclass_offset () #16 0x0807a233 in value_bitstring () #17 0x08077ddd in value_cast () #18 0x0811fec7 in gnuv3_baseclass_offset () #19 0x080d37be in baseclass_offset () #20 0x0807a233 in value_bitstring () #21 0x08077ddd in value_cast () #22 0x0811fec7 in gnuv3_baseclass_offset () #23 0x080d37be in baseclass_offset () #24 0x0807a233 in value_bitstring () #25 0x08077ddd in value_cast () #26 0x0811fec7 in gnuv3_baseclass_offset () [...] player.cpp:2241 is: _graphical_attributes->save(); with _graphical_attributes a member of the class player: PlayerGraphicalAttributes* _graphical_attributes; hoping this can help you, -- Gael Le Mignot "Kilobug" - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://kilobug.free.fr GSM : 06.71.47.18.22 (in France) ICQ UIN : 7299959 Fingerprint : 1F2C 9804 7505 79DF 95E6 7323 B66B F67B 7103 C5DA Member of HurdFr: http://hurdfr.org - The GNU Hurd: http://hurd.gnu.org _______________________________________________ Bug-gdb mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gdb