On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 03:19 -0400, Igor Khavkine wrote: > Hi, I've got a strange problem with my X server. It is crashed by > starting certain applications, but not when they are started from a > separate terminal.
You mean from a console? Does the $DISPLAY environment variable contain the same thing in both cases? > Before submitting a bug, I'd like to get more info on the crash. That's > why I installed xserver-xfree86-dbg. My question is about debugging with > the X server sources. What is the best way to install the sources to go > along with this -dbg package? apt-get source xserver-xfree86-dbg and make -f debian/rules patch-audit from the directory that creates, but a backtrace from xserver-xfree86- dbg might be useful even without the source. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
