Re: how to debug a program when the session freezes

[Andrew Sobala <aes gnome org>]

Rod Butcher wrote:

> Can somebody tell me how to get a gdb trace when the app I'm debugging
> freezes my X session ? I'm running gnome-system-monitor from a
> terminal : gdb gnome-system-monitor which freezes up the X session when
> I click on the top menu line. The only way I can get out is by by
> al-ctl-f1 and killing the X session from the linux command line. How do
> I send the gdb output to a file for later retrieval, and is it possible
> to get the stack trace some other way, without X ?
> thanks
>  
You can control-alt-F1 first, export DISPLAY=:0, then run gdb from 
there. The app should appear in your X session, but gdb will run in the 
terminal.

In terms of sending the gdb output to a file, hopefully this is helpful:
http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb_3.html#SEC13

--
Andrew