On Sat May 12 9:48 , 'James G. Sack (jim)' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
>Ralph wrote: >> >> On Fri May 11 15:54 , 'James G. Sack (jim)' [EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >> >>> James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >>>> gdb attach PID >>>> > generate-core-file /tmp/coredump >>> And here's another way >>> >>> cd /tmp >>> gcore PID >>> >>> This creates a file core.PID >>> Note: all along, 'PID' is the _pid number_ of your email client, eh? >>> >>> (Also NOTE: The dump may be 50 MB -- substiture someplace else for /tmp, >>> as might be appropriate for your system.) >>> >>> If you don't have gdb, you won't have gcore, either. >>> You would need to install the gdb package. >>.. >> I downloaded it, unpacked it, ./configure, and make. But the output was >> extensive and the ending doesn't look promising: >> .. > >Don't see the problem immediately, you may have a version problem.. > >..but why are you compiling. There are probably prebuilt rpms that are >more likely to install without problem. > >You have FC4, I think? > >Just goto rpm.pbone.net, and > search for rpms by name >for > gdb >for FC4 or whatever is your fedora version > >eg, find the FC4 entry, labeled something like > gdb-6.3.0.0-1.21.i386.rpm > >and download that. > >After downloading, if (as root) rpm -Uvh gdb-6.3.0.0-1.21.i386.rpm >doesn't work, you may be forced to install some dependencies. > >Dependency hell, they call it. But even if this occurs, gdb doesn't have >as many dependencies as some things, so it may be worth following the >trail -- you may need to get additional packages like libncurses, >librpm? Just use rpm.pbone recursively until gdb installs. You are >allowed to give up on rpm hell problems after 5 downloads. ;-) > >Yum install gdb would be better, but I understand that doesn't work >since FC4 was officialy orphaned. > >Regards and good luck, >..jim Thanks jim. I may have been in a hurry when I did my search for gdb, and having a slow connection doesn't help. Of the first five hits, only one had anything to do with what I wanted. I never liked pbone before,,, don't recall why. I think I'll start snooping around there more often and make myself become acclamated. The rpm route was SOOO much easier (and quicker) it's not even comparable. (The rpm install was so quick that I wasn't even sure that it did it until I tried "man gdb".) Now, I'll try your previous suggestion. Thanks again jim. ---- Msg sent via CWNet - http://www.cwnet.com/ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
