No need to gdb as root just do this:
killev; gdb evolution-mail (gdb) run wait ~10 seconds or so... in another terminal start evolution now when evolution freezes, there is no need to race to start gdb, since gdb is already attached to the evolution-mail process. in gdb, just type: (gdb) thread apply all bt Jeff On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 15:19, Romain wrote: > Ok, sorry, looks like I could not make myself clear... > > The PC freezes with or without gdb, it's when I click the Save to Disk > button in the attachment context menu in evolution that the PC freezes, > regardless of whether i'm running gdb or no. > I've also tried running gdb as root and attach to a running process, then > continue and so on but no luck... > What seems to be happening is that, since Evolution's lock is damn quick, I > cannot reach to gdb in time. > I'll try to let the process end by itself (might take a while)... Should I > gdb from root anyways ? > > Thanks for your time, > > Romain > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeffrey Stedfast [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 9:02 PM > > To: Romain > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [Evolution] Evolution crashes when attempting to > > saveattachment > > > > > > I know that gdb isn't causing Evolution to crash, but if gdb is locking > > up your machine and/or not giving you a trace of all threads, then I > > would consider that a bug in gdb. > > > > Anyways, since it seems your gdb is buggy, I'm not sure you can actually > > *get* a useful trace without which, I can't fix the bug (unless you can > > tell me exactly how to reproduce it on my box). > > > > Jeff > > > > On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 14:33, Romain wrote: > > > Uh, > > > > > > Any *constructive* comments on that one ? > > > gdb sure isn't the cause for evolution crash ... > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Romain > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jeffrey Stedfast [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:34 PM > > > > To: Romain > > > > Subject: RE: [Evolution] Evolution crashes when attempting to > > > > saveattachment > > > > > > > > > > > > *shrug* > > > > > > > > Sounds like your gdb is broken or something. > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 14:19, Romain wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > Once again, I tried debugging again and again. I never could. > > > > After having > > > > > waited for like 2 minutes for gdb to output the bt for the > > > > thread, I have to > > > > > killev in order to regain control of my computer. > > > > > However, here's what I could get from it : > > > > > > > > > > 1 : gdb evolution -> run -> [crashing evo] -> Program > > received signal > > > > > SIGINT, Interrupt. > > > > > 0x40ec4c74 in poll () from /lib/libc.so.6 > > > > > thread apply all bt : > > > > > Thread 1 (Thread 1024 (LWP 32444)): > > > > > #0 0x40ec4c74 in poll () from /lib/libc.so.6 > > > > > #1 0x40dcd734 in g_source_remove_by_funcs_user_data () from > > > > > /usr/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0 > > > > > Cannot access memory at address 0xf > > > > > > > > > > (ie exactly the same as last time) > > > > > > > > > > Doing this and not killing evo (killev) quick enough resulted > > > > in a global > > > > > freeze of the system, for about 5 minutes. The bg tasks seem to > > > > be running > > > > > quite well though, for proof this mail is being sent from a > > > > MASQ'ed windows > > > > > host ... > > > > > > > > > > 2 : gdb evolution-mail -> run -> [runing then trying to > > > > crashing evo] unable > > > > > to crash ... > > > > > (meaning it works fine eh) > > > > > > > > > > ?!?! > > > > > > > > > > I'm all ears, > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Romain > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Jeffrey Stedfast [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:12 AM > > > > > > To: Romain > > > > > > Subject: RE: [Evolution] Evolution crashes when attempting to > > > > > > saveattachment > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > can you type: > > > > > > > > > > > > "thread apply all bt" > > > > > > > > > > > > at the gdb prompt and post what it says? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 19:22, Romain wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Jeff, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm baffled ... > > > > > > > I opened a shell for my regular user, launched "gdb > > > > > > evolution-mail", ran it, > > > > > > > then ran evolution ... > > > > > > > and I was unable to reproduce the crash !?! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Then I ran "gdb evolution" and run, and was able to do > > it again : > > > > > > > Thread 1 (Thread 1024 (LWP 5669)): > > > > > > > #0 0x40ec3c74 in poll () from /lib/libc.so.6 > > > > > > > #1 0x40dcc734 in g_source_remove_by_funcs_user_data () from > > > > > > > /usr/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0 > > > > > > > Cannot access memory at address 0xf > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And the program is still crashed, it's taking me hours to > > > > > > launch killev... > > > > > > > I've waited like 5 whole minutes... > > > > > > > To answer previous posts, it shouldn't have anything to do with > > > > > > IMAP/mbox > > > > > > > since every attachment causes the problem, either retrieved > > > > > > from POP mail, > > > > > > > from local mail, or from data converted from Mozilla. > > > > > > > And I don't think it has anything to do with DNS since > > > > > > everythign else is > > > > > > > working fine (I've had problems with sendmail & DNS in the > > > > > > past, that's when > > > > > > > I fixed it ...) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any lights, > > > > > > > Romain > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > From: Jeffrey Stedfast [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 10:05 PM > > > > > > > > To: Romain > > > > > > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [Evolution] Evolution crashes when attempting to > > > > > > > > saveattachment > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you get a backtrace of the crash/hang in the > > > > > > evolution-mail process? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There are instructions somewhere on > > > http://support.ximian.com, just > > > > > > > search for "backtrace" in the knowledgebase. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeffrey Stedfast > > > > > > > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Jeffrey Stedfast > > > > > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jeffrey Stedfast > > > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com > > -- > > Jeffrey Stedfast > > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com > > -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. 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