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" <idh...@gmail.com>
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" <a...@rhd.org>
cc: "evolution-list@gnome.org" <evolution-list@gnome.org>
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Art Alexion <a...@rhd.org> 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
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