Re: Bug Quality [was Re: [Evolution] Evolution 0.11.99 stability...]

["Ujwal S. Sathyam" <ujwal netbrowser com>]

OK, now I got a processID to attach to. This makes me wonder if it is the same problem since the last few times, I did not get a processID. Anyway, here is the stack trace:

(gdb) bt
#0  0x40b4ae39 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x40bab8e0 in __check_rhosts_file () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0x4023d0bb in waitpid () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#3  0x40705cda in gnome_segv_handle (signum=11) at gnome-init.c:659
#4  0x8094c34 in segv_redirect (sig=11) at main.c:67
#5  0x4023bad5 in pthread_kill () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#6  0x40ae8008 in sigaction () from /lib/libc.so.6
#7  0x40ab66f3 in g_timeout_dispatch (source_data=0x83992c0, dispatch_time=0xbffff3b4, user_data=0x820ea88) at gmain.c:1302
#8  0x40ab5796 in g_main_dispatch (dispatch_time=0xbffff3b4) at gmain.c:656
#9  0x40ab5da3 in g_main_iterate (block=1, dispatch=1) at gmain.c:877
#10 0x40ab5f4c in g_main_run (loop=0x813b4f0) at gmain.c:935
#11 0x409c1e99 in gtk_main () at gtkmain.c:524
#12 0x405a2211 in bonobo_main () at bonobo-main.c:283
#13 0x8094dc5 in main (argc=3, argv=0xbffff5f4) at main.c:140
#14 0x40ae1cbe in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) detach
Detaching from program: /usr/bin/evolution-mail, Pid 13726
(gdb)

Ujwal


On 31 Jul 2001 14:16:04 -0400, Luis Villa wrote:
> You aren't the only one who has done this, Ujwal, so please don't take
> it too personally. 
> 
> A quick reminder, though: filing a bug that says 'evolution crashes'
> without a stack trace, or at the very, very least extremely explicit
> directions on how to duplicate the crash 100% of the time are next to
> useless. 
> 
> Some things that can help:
> 
> stack trace howto: http://www.ximian.com/apps/faq-debugging.html#AEN3815
> 
> bug writing quide: http://bugzilla.ximian.com/good-bugs.html
> 
> Thanks...
> Luis
> 
> On 31 Jul 2001 10:59:01 -0700, Ujwal S. Sathyam wrote:
> > Evolution from CVS (0.11.99) seems to have become quite a bit more
> > unstable. The mail component crashes very frequently the first time I
> > try open a mail after startup. The crash dialog is very generic saying
> > that the mail view died. There is no process number to get a backtrace.
> > 
> > This happens both on my home and work machines. My home machine has a
> > very recent evolution with a very recent gtkhtml. My office setup is a
> > little older.
> > 
> > I have logged a bug.
> > 
> > Ujwal
> > 
> > 
> -- 
> Luis Villa
> Ximian Bugmaster
> "Quality is an amazing bridge because it is universal in its language."
> Thomas Corcoran
> 
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