Re: [Evolution] evolution seg faulting

[Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>]

On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 16:35, Raul Dias wrote:
> Em Qui, 2003-08-07 Ãs 10:49, Mark Gordon escreveu:
> > On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 20:39, Raul Dias wrote:
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > I compiled and installed evolution and the libraries it needs. (1.4.3)
> > > Everything is working fine except when sending mail evolution
> > > segfaults when trying to contact the smtp server.
> > >
> > > Where can I look to try to find the problem? what libraries might be
> > > causing this problem?
> >
> > Try running it through gdb and entering "thread apply all bt" at the gdb
> > prompt when it crashes.  The stack trace will probably give some
> > indication of the offending library.  
>
> Oddly enough, when evolution ran from gdb, everything works fine.
> When running from a xterm it segfaults when sending mail.
>
> Could gdb be masking something?

Stranger things have been known to happen.

> One thing I forgot to mention is that the /home dir is NFS mounted.
> I don't think that should matter as Evolution 1.2 was running fine
> before the update to 1.4.3.

If there's a problem, it's in GConf, IIRC.

Did you try running it from a terminal and just looking for spewage?

-Mark Gordon