On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 23:03, Martin Vermeer wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 01:51:59PM +1030, Darren Freeman wrote:
>  
> > Rob,
> 
> ...
>  
> > > I still would prefer a script that in the first place creates a backtrace
> > > from the coredump file.
> > 
> > As of right now I don't know how to do that =) I'll have a poke around -
> > I know that it must be possible. Maybe GDB supports it directly.
> 
> You bet!
> 
>       gdb lyx core
> 
> where lyx is the LyX binary. Which should be compiled with -g, of
> course, if you want to see symbols and line numbers correctly.
> 
>       bt
> 
> gives your backtrace.
>  
> Here's a nice tutorial.
> 
>       http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-gdb/

Thanks for the info - fortunately Rob already improved the script but
now I can know more about it =)

> > But for tonight, there is a pub crawl celebrating the end of my
> > undergraduate years. Don't expect me to remember in the morning =)
> 
> Just came back from our 'pikkujoulu' cruise to Tallinn. I don't wanna
> see another pub for some time =) Congrats anyway and take care.

Wasn't that fun.. Adelaide, Australia isn't the most exciting place to
be when you're young. All we get in the mainstream clubs is 80s music,
pop crap or R&B. Oh don't forget that cursed music, hip-hop. It's enough
to make you fire a gun next to both ears to remove all trace of hearing
=)

> 
> Martin

Have fun,
Darren

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