[openbox] some bugs

vlad vla at uni-bonn.de
Tue Feb 5 11:30:37 EST 2008


hi dana,

i'l try this later. 
i'm using archlinux. tonight i'll compile ob using debug option and
perhaps tonight or tomorrow i'll send you the backtrace.
thanks for your directions.

vlad


On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 11:16:40AM -0500, Dana Jansens wrote:
> lo,
> 
> On Sun, Feb 3, 2008 at 8:14 PM, vlad <vla at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> >  hmm, that's strange. i changed nothing from 3.4.5 to 3.4.6, only added
> >  this two lines to rc.xml. i switched back to 3.4.5 and it works again
> >  the usual way. (of course, i deleted the entries again.)
> >  i use the same rc.xml for long time now, just extended it with the new
> >  features i needed.
> >  i send the two files now.
> >  now a newbie question: how to produce a backtrace? i have no idea...
> 
> so, using this rc.xml gives me no problems here..
> 
> to make a backtrace:
> 
> first use ./configure --enable-debug, and recompile/install openbox
> 
> what distro do you use?  ubuntu makes it difficult to produce a core
> file at all.. if its not ubuntu though..
> 
> add "ulimit -c unlimited" to you .xinitrc before openbox (this will
> let it make a core file)
> 
> run openbox and make it crash
> 
> you should now have a file ~/core.
> 
> run "gdb /path/to/openbox ~/core"
> in gdb, do the command: "bt"
> 
> and then it will print the whole backtrace...
> 
> there may be more clear guides on the interwebs that might be helpful as well.
> 
> i think we may need this to have any chance of finding it..
> 
> thanks,
> dana
> 
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