On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 04:52:32PM +0100, Rui Tiago Ca��o Matos wrote: > Package: libc6-i686 > Version: 2.3.2.ds1-12 > > Here is the gdb log: > > GNU gdb 6.1-debian > Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are > welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. > Type "show copying" to see the conditions. > There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. > This GDB was configured as "i386-linux"...(no debugging symbols found)...Using host > libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1". > > (gdb) run > Starting program: /usr/bin/gaim > (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols > found)...[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] > [New Thread 1083169632 (LWP 2771)] > (no debugging symbols found)... > ### repeated many times ### > > Detaching after fork from child process 2776. > (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols > found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...Detaching > after fork from child process 2777. > Detaching after fork from child process 2778. > free(): invalid pointer 0x837baa8! > > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. > [Switching to Thread 1083169632 (LWP 2771)] > 0x4068dbce in mallopt () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 > (gdb) bt > #0 0x4068dbce in mallopt () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 > #1 0x40490e0a in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 > Previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?) > > ------------------ > > So i guess its libc6-i686 fault os is it gaim's?
A crash in malloc almost always indicates a bug in the program's memory allocation. Try valgrind or similar. I use gaim with libc6-i686 without any trouble. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

