Here is a backtrace I did on surf. I hope this helps Herminio
rican-linux@debian-ppc:~/Sources$ gdb surf GNU gdb (Debian 7.7.1+dfsg-5) 7.7.1 Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "powerpc-linux-gnu". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>. For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"... Reading symbols from surf...done. (gdb) runv [forums.debian.net] Undefined command: "runv". Try "help". (gdb) run [forums.debian.net] Starting program: /usr/bin/surf [forums.debian.net] Can't read symbols from system-supplied DSO at 0x100000: File truncated warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-vdso32.so.1. Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"? [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". [New Thread 0xb7e1b280 (LWP 13815)] [New Thread 0xb74f7280 (LWP 13816)] [New Thread 0xb6aff280 (LWP 13817)] [New Thread 0xb60ff280 (LWP 13818)] [New Thread 0xb58ff280 (LWP 13820)] [Thread 0xb58ff280 (LWP 13820) exited] [New Thread 0xb58ff280 (LWP 13821)] (surf:13811): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_gc_new: assertion 'drawable != NULL' failed (surf:13811): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_gc_set_rgb_fg_color: assertion 'GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed (surf:13811): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_draw_rectangle: assertion 'GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed (surf:13811): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_draw_rectangle: assertion 'GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed (surf:13811): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed [New Thread 0xb4ce0280 (LWP 13881)] [New Thread 0xb44e0280 (LWP 13882)] [Thread 0xb4ce0280 (LWP 13881) exited] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0cc473dc in JSC::LLInt::CLoop::execute(JSC::ExecState*, void*, bool) () from /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0.so.0 (gdb) run [drudgereport.com] The program being debugged has been started already. Start it from the beginning? (y or n) y Starting program: /usr/bin/surf [drudgereport.com] Can't read symbols from system-supplied DSO at 0x100000: File truncated warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-vdso32.so.1. Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"? [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". [New Thread 0xb7e1b280 (LWP 13988)] [New Thread 0xb74f7280 (LWP 13989)] [New Thread 0xb6aff280 (LWP 13990)] [New Thread 0xb60ff280 (LWP 13991)] [New Thread 0xb58ff280 (LWP 13993)] [Thread 0xb58ff280 (LWP 13993) exited] [New Thread 0xb58ff280 (LWP 13994)] (surf:13987): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_gc_new: assertion 'drawable != NULL' failed (surf:13987): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_gc_set_rgb_fg_color: assertion 'GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed (surf:13987): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_draw_rectangle: assertion 'GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed (surf:13987): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_draw_rectangle: assertion 'GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed (surf:13987): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed [New Thread 0xb4ce0280 (LWP 14008)] [New Thread 0xb44e0280 (LWP 14009)] [New Thread 0xb3ce0280 (LWP 14010)] [New Thread 0xb34e0280 (LWP 14011)] [New Thread 0xb2ce0280 (LWP 14012)] [New Thread 0xb24e0280 (LWP 14013)] [New Thread 0xb1ce0280 (LWP 14014)] [Thread 0xb2ce0280 (LWP 14012) exited] [Thread 0xb24e0280 (LWP 14013) exited] [Thread 0xb34e0280 (LWP 14011) exited] [New Thread 0xb34e0280 (LWP 14015)] [New Thread 0xb24e0280 (LWP 14016)] [Thread 0xb1ce0280 (LWP 14014) exited] [Thread 0xb34e0280 (LWP 14015) exited] [Thread 0xb24e0280 (LWP 14016) exited] [Thread 0xb4ce0280 (LWP 14008) exited] [Thread 0xb3ce0280 (LWP 14010) exited] [Thread 0xb44e0280 (LWP 14009) exited] [New Thread 0xb44e0280 (LWP 14030)] [New Thread 0xb3ce0280 (LWP 14031)] [New Thread 0xb4ce0280 (LWP 14032)] [New Thread 0xb24e0280 (LWP 14033)] [New Thread 0xb34e0280 (LWP 14034)] [New Thread 0xb1ce0280 (LWP 14035)] [New Thread 0xb080b280 (LWP 14036)] [Thread 0xb3ce0280 (LWP 14031) exited] [Thread 0xb080b280 (LWP 14036) exited] [Thread 0xb24e0280 (LWP 14033) exited] [Thread 0xb1ce0280 (LWP 14035) exited] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0cc4797c in JSC::LLInt::CLoop::execute(JSC::ExecState*, void*, bool) () from /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0.so.0 (gdb) run [google.com] The program being debugged has been started already. Start it from the beginning? (y or n) y Starting program: /usr/bin/surf [google.com] Can't read symbols from system-supplied DSO at 0x100000: File truncated warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-vdso32.so.1. Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"? [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". [New Thread 0xb7e1b280 (LWP 14046)] [New Thread 0xb74f7280 (LWP 14047)] [New Thread 0xb6aff280 (LWP 14048)] [New Thread 0xb60ff280 (LWP 14049)] [New Thread 0xb58ff280 (LWP 14052)] [Thread 0xb58ff280 (LWP 14052) exited] [New Thread 0xb58ff280 (LWP 14054)] (surf:14044): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_gc_new: assertion 'drawable != NULL' failed (surf:14044): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_gc_set_rgb_fg_color: assertion 'GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed (surf:14044): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_draw_rectangle: assertion 'GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed (surf:14044): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_draw_rectangle: assertion 'GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed (surf:14044): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed [New Thread 0xb4ce0280 (LWP 14067)] [New Thread 0xb44e0280 (LWP 14068)] [Thread 0xb4ce0280 (LWP 14067) exited] [New Thread 0xb4ce0280 (LWP 14069)] [New Thread 0xb3ce0280 (LWP 14070)] [New Thread 0xb34e0280 (LWP 14071)] [Thread 0xb3ce0280 (LWP 14070) exited] [Thread 0xb34e0280 (LWP 14071) exited] [Thread 0xb4ce0280 (LWP 14069) exited] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0cc4695c in JSC::LLInt::CLoop::execute(JSC::ExecState*, void*, bool) () from /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0.so.0 (gdb)