[Bug 197809] Re: segfault in hydrogen after ~5minutes of use

2008-10-14 Thread Michael Lustfield
We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on t

[Bug 197809] Re: segfault in hydrogen after ~5minutes of use

2008-03-29 Thread James Westby
Hi, Thanks for the information. There is a chance that the dbgsym packages do change what is loaded at runtime, as so change the stack and memory layout. I'll mark the bug as Incomplete, as it does reflect the status better, i.e. there is a bug for you, but there isn't enough information to know

Re: [Bug 197809] Re: segfault in hydrogen after ~5minutes of use

2008-03-29 Thread lcampagn
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 11:13 AM, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's my understanding that the dbgsym packages just put the symbols > in a location for gdb to access when it needs them, so they don't > have any effect on the program running as normal. However I may > be wrong about

Re: [Bug 197809] Re: segfault in hydrogen after ~5minutes of use

2008-03-29 Thread James Westby
On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 14:17 +, lcampagn wrote: > I've seen it before--my understanding is that adding the debugging > symbols changes the memory signature in the stack. So for example, > what used to corrupt some crucial memory might now just overwrite text > in a debugging symbol. Alternativel

Re: [Bug 197809] Re: segfault in hydrogen after ~5minutes of use

2008-03-29 Thread lcampagn
I've seen it before--my understanding is that adding the debugging symbols changes the memory signature in the stack. So for example, what used to corrupt some crucial memory might now just overwrite text in a debugging symbol. Alternatively, the presence of debuggibg symbols might slightly alter t

Re: [Bug 197809] Re: segfault in hydrogen after ~5minutes of use

2008-03-28 Thread James Westby
On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 02:07 +, lcampagn wrote: > I can't reproduce the bug with the dbgsym package, I left it running > for 45 minutes or so with no problem. After removing dbgsym, the > segfault is back again after ~5 minutes. > Ok, that's quite unusual, are you sure no other package was rem

Re: [Bug 197809] Re: segfault in hydrogen after ~5minutes of use

2008-03-28 Thread lcampagn
I can't reproduce the bug with the dbgsym package, I left it running for 45 minutes or so with no problem. After removing dbgsym, the segfault is back again after ~5 minutes. *shrug* At least I've got a workaround. On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 8:05 PM, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > >

[Bug 197809] Re: segfault in hydrogen after ~5minutes of use

2008-03-02 Thread James Westby
Hi, Could you install some dbgsym packages and get a new backtrace which should give some more information please? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash shows some information on doing this. Thanks, James -- segfault in hydrogen after ~5minutes of use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/