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I'll let you know,

Courtney



matty91 at bellsouth.net wrote:

> I have always been able to debug SEGFAULTs by:
> 
> - 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
>>s/v Mutiny
>>lying Oriental, NC
>>WDB5619
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