Re: [Evolution] Evo crashes on start after today's Ubuntu updates

["Art Alexion" <art RHD ORG>]

Thanks, David. I will try this when I get into work.

By the way, I tested by installing evolution on a kubuntu hardy box yesterday. No crashes.


-----Original Message-----

From:  "David L" <idht4n gmail com>
Subj:  Re: [Evolution] Evo crashes on start after today's Ubuntu updates
Date:  Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:06 pm
Size:  1021 bytes
To:  "Art Alexion" <art rhd org>
cc:  "evolution-list gnome org" <evolution-list gnome org>

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Art Alexion <art rhd org> wrote: 
<snip> 
> > strace evolution yeilds 
>
> strace != backtrace. 
>
>
> OK.  Thanks.  Might it have been more helpful if you had offered how to provide a backtrace instead of just 
> that statement? 
One way to get a backtrace is to run from within gdb: 
 
gdb path_to_evolution 
run 
 
Then, when the crash occurs, type bt at the gdb command prompt. 
If the crash already happened and you can't 
reproduce it, it will sometimes dump a core that can be used the 
get a backtrace with gdb.  In that case, run gdb like this: 
 
gdb path_to_evolution path_to_core_file 
 
Then use the same bt command to get a backtrace.  The backtrace is more 
meaningful if you have debug info installed.  How to do that is a 
function of your 
distribution. 
 
I think the gnome bug buddy sometimes prevents the core dump and 
then itself crashes.  There is a way to disable it, but I can't 
remember it off the 
top of my head. 
 
Cheers... 
 
            David