Thanks, David. I will try this when I get into work. By the way, I tested by installing evolution on a kubuntu hardy box yesterday. No crashes.
-----Original Message----- From: "David L" <[email protected]> Subj: Re: [Evolution] Evo crashes on start after today's Ubuntu updates Date: Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:06 pm Size: 1021 bytes To: "Art Alexion" <[email protected]> cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Art Alexion <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> >> strace evolution yeilds > > strace != backtrace. > > > OK. Thanks. Might it have been more helpful if you had offered how to > provide a backtrace instead of just that statement? > > One way to get a backtrace is to run from within gdb: gdb path_to_evolution run Then, when the crash occurs, type bt at the gdb command prompt. If the crash already happened and you can't reproduce it, it will sometimes dump a core that can be used the get a backtrace with gdb. In that case, run gdb like this: gdb path_to_evolution path_to_core_file Then use the same bt command to get a backtrace. The backtrace is more meaningful if you have debug info installed. How to do that is a function of your distribution. I think the gnome bug buddy sometimes prevents the core dump and then itself crashes. There is a way to disable it, but I can't remember it off the top of my head. Cheers... David _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
