[no subject]

- Checking application and system logfiles

- Comparing library versions with a known working system

- strace'ing the process to get an idea of the bad behavior (what system
  calls are executed up to the problem area)

- Compiling the software with "-ggdb -d" so I can get the line of code
  causing the problems. If this isn't an option, a disassembler can help.

- Run the program within gdb to determine WHERE (based on the call tree
  and the stack frame during the crash) the crash is occurring

- If the code is easy enough to debug, I usually follow the logic with
  paper and pencil or dump the stack backtrace into deja.com/google.com/mailing list archives

Let me know if I can help further,
- Ryan

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Courtney Thomas wrote:

> Just tried it again and got........
>
> 	Kernel Panic
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Courtney
>
>
>
> Courtney Thomas wrote:
>
> > Attempting to tape [/dev/nst0] backup a harddrive [/dev/sda5] using the
> > command.....
> >
> >     dump 0af /dev/nst0 /dev/sda5
> >
> > under Debian-2.4.17, I am getting crashes with screen errors such
> > as..........
> >
> >     Init ID "2" : respawning too fast, disabled for 5 min
> >
> >     segmentation fault
> >
> > as well as screens full of Code so and so, and lots of other stuff !
> >
> > What's the probable problem and cure ?
> >
> > Appreciatively,
>
>
> --
> Courtney Thomas
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> lying Oriental, NC
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