Linux doesn't reliably drop a core when using threaded applications. (and when it does, it might not be the same thread that actually crashed!)
>-----Original Message----- >From: Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 7:52 PM >To: Jason Gauthier; [email protected] >Subject: Re: Debugging Help > > >It is Linux RedHat. > >Why would troubleshooting the core files be useless? They've >helped in the >past... > >Although, my core files dont seem to be generating properly so >now im having >to run the mud with gdb. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jason Gauthier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'Ben'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 6:36 AM >Subject: RE: Debugging Help > > >> What operating system are you trying to do this with? >> Linux? If so, troubleshooting your core files, if you ever >get one, will >be >> pointless. >> >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 10:08 AM >> >To: [email protected] >> >Subject: Debugging Help >> > >> > >> >I've used GDB on my mud, and these are the backtraces that are >> >part of the >> >code: >> > >> > >> >#3 0x080b1a27 in new_descriptor (control=4) at comm.c:1373 >> >#4 0x080b0ff7 in game_loop_unix (control=4) at comm.c:1045 >> >#5 0x080b0a41 in main (argc=2, argv=0xbffffa74) at comm.c:513 >> > >> > >> >comm.c line 1373: >> >pthread_create( &thread_lookup, &attr, >(void*)&lookup_address, (void*) >> >dummyarg); >> > >> >comm.c line 1045: >> >new_descriptor( control ); >> > >> >comm.c line 513: >> >game_loop_unix( control ); >> > >> > >> > >> >Any ideas what is crashing it? >> >The mud crashes every now and then when someone connects (but >> >doesnt login) >> >then disconnects, although sometimes even when someone >> >connects (but doesnt >> >login) it crashes. >> > >> > >> >-- >> >ROM mailing list >> >[email protected] >> >http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom >> > >> >> -- >> ROM mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom >> >
