When using the up2date app today it crashed and gave an error message that identified the culprit as Gnome in conjunction with /usr/bin/python. A pop-up application named "bug buddy" gave me the option building a bug report to send off to the Gnome folks. The up2date logs in /var/log don't seem to indicate a problem and the last entry in the up2date log is:
up2date Opening rpmdb in /var/lib/rpm/ with option 0 which, I assume, is the last entry prior to the up2date process crashing. The question is now, how do I fix things up to the point where up2date will work? What steps can I use to diagnose where the problem lies? Here is the information that was sent via the bug-buddy pop-up for anyone who has an idea what this gobbledeegook may be saying.... Debugging Information: (no debugging symbols found)...[New Thread 1024 (LWP 1688)] 0x40121ca9 in __wait4 () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 #0 0x40121ca9 in __wait4 () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 #1 0x4019d6b4 in __DTOR_END__ () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 #2 0x4003a6f3 in waitpid (pid=1689, stat_loc=0xbfffc97c, options=0) at wrapsyscall.c:172 #3 0x40807e88 in gnome_segv_handle () from /usr/lib/libgnomeui.so.32 #4 0x40038a85 in pthread_sighandler (signo=11, ctx= {gs = 7, __gsh = 0, fs = 0, __fsh = 0, es = 43, __esh = 0, ds = 43, __dsh = 49168, edi = 3221212480, esi = 138713146, ebp = 3221212552, esp = 3221212452, ebx = 1075798696, edx = 3221212480, ecx = 16, eax = 3221212480, trapno = 14, err = 4, eip = 1074724988, cs = 35, __csh = 0, eflags = 66183, esp_at_signal = 3221212452, ss = 43, __ssh = 0, fpstate = 0xbfffcaa8, oldmask = 2147483648, cr2 = 138713146}) at signals.c:97 #5 <signal handler called> #6 0x400f007c in memcpy () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 #7 0x00000010 in ?? () #8 0x4001f721 in hdrLoad () from /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/rpmmodule.so #9 0x08055752 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #10 0x0805562e in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #11 0x0805445c in PyEval_EvalCode () #12 0x08054329 in PyEval_EvalCode () #13 0x08054329 in PyEval_EvalCode () #14 0x08055afa in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #15 0x0805561e in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #16 0x08081084 in PyTuple_Fini () #17 0x08055752 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #18 0x0805562e in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #19 0x0805445c in PyEval_EvalCode () #20 0x08054329 in PyEval_EvalCode () #21 0x08054329 in PyEval_EvalCode () #22 0x08054329 in PyEval_EvalCode () #23 0x08055afa in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #24 0x0805561e in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #25 0x08081084 in PyTuple_Fini () #26 0x08055752 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #27 0x0805562e in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #28 0x0805445c in PyEval_EvalCode () #29 0x08055afa in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #30 0x0805561e in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #31 0x0806d4e4 in PyObject_CallObject () #32 0x40449e88 in PyGtk_CallbackMarshal () from /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/_gtkmodule.so #33 0x4054d3fb in gtk_handlers_run () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #34 0x4054c76d in gtk_signal_real_emit () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #35 0x4054a525 in gtk_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #36 0x407ef018 in gnome_druid_page_next () from /usr/lib/libgnomeui.so.32 #37 0x407ed6b4 in gnome_druid_next_callback () from /usr/lib/libgnomeui.so.32 #38 0x40519de1 in gtk_marshal_NONE__NONE () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #39 0x4054d436 in gtk_handlers_run () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #40 0x4054c76d in gtk_signal_real_emit () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #41 0x4054a525 in gtk_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #42 0x404b1e2d in gtk_button_clicked () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #43 0x404b35ed in gtk_real_button_released () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #44 0x40519de1 in gtk_marshal_NONE__NONE () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #45 0x4054c5f1 in gtk_signal_real_emit () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #46 0x4054a525 in gtk_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #47 0x404b1d5d in gtk_button_released () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #48 0x404b2ed7 in gtk_button_button_release () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #49 0x40519aec in gtk_marshal_BOOL__POINTER () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #50 0x4054c7ad in gtk_signal_real_emit () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #51 0x4054a525 in gtk_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #52 0x40584b89 in gtk_widget_event () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #53 0x40519a45 in gtk_propagate_event () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #54 0x40518a6f in gtk_main_do_event () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #55 0x405c9d7f in gdk_event_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libgdk-1.2.so.0 #56 0x405ff773 in g_main_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0 #57 0x405ffd39 in g_main_iterate () from /usr/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0 #58 0x405ffeec in g_main_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0 #59 0x40518333 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #60 0x4044b2b4 in _wrap_gtk_main () from /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/_gtkmodule.so #61 0x08055752 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #62 0x0805562e in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () #63 0x0805445c in PyEval_EvalCode () #64 0x08054329 in PyEval_EvalCode () #65 0x08054329 in PyEval_EvalCode () #66 0x08054329 in PyEval_EvalCode () #67 0x08052155 in PyEval_EvalCode () #68 0x080655c7 in PyRun_File () #69 0x08064b40 in PyRun_SimpleFile () #70 0x0806473b in PyRun_AnyFile () #71 0x08050284 in Py_Main () #72 0x0804fc33 in main () #73 0x40083627 in __libc_start_main (main=0x804fc14 <main>, argc=3, ubp_av=0xbfffee14, init=0x804f1b0 <_init>, fini=0x8096590 <_fini>, rtld_fini=0x4000dcc4 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbfffee0c) at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:129 #0 0x40121ca9 in __wait4 () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 No locals. #1 0x4019d6b4 in __DTOR_END__ () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #2 0x4003a6f3 in waitpid (pid=1689, stat_loc=0xbfffc97c, options=0) at wrapsyscall.c:172 in wrapsyscall.c stat_loc = (int *) 0xbfffc97c options = 0 result = 0 oldtype = 0 #3 0x40807e88 in gnome_segv_handle () from /usr/lib/libgnomeui.so.32 No symbol table info available. #4 0x40038a85 in pthread_sighandler (signo=11, ctx= {gs = 7, __gsh = 0, fs = 0, __fsh = 0, es = 43, __esh = 0, ds = 43, __dsh = 49168, edi = 3221212480, esi = 138713146, ebp = 3221212552, esp = 3221212452, ebx = 1075798696, edx = 3221212480, ecx = 16, eax = 3221212480, trapno = 14, err = 4, eip = 1074724988, cs = 35, __csh = 0, eflags = 66183, esp_at_signal = 3221212452, ss = 43, __ssh = 0, fpstate = 0xbfffcaa8, oldmask = 2147483648, cr2 = 138713146}) at signals.c:97 in signals.c signo = 0 __value = 0xfffffe00 <Address 0xfffffe00 out of bounds> #5 <signal handler called> No locals. #6 0x400f007c in memcpy () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 No locals. #7 0x00000010 in ?? () No symbol table info available. Regards, Mike Klinke _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list