Re: [RP] (no subject)

[Shawn Betts]

address@hidden writes:

> I'm trying to debug ratpoison from the debian archive
> (ratpoison-1.2.0.cvs.20020425-3) on a
> 
>   SunOS cent1 5.8 Generic_108528-15 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4

I have ratpoison compiled for:

SunOS fraser 5.6 Generic_105181-23 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4

and I have no problems.

> so i did ./configure --with-debug. Unfortunately when I give most rp
> commands (C-t : for example), rp segfaults and dumps core. I'm also unable
> to gdb it, since that gives 
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> (gdb) r
> Starting
> program: /home/rupert/ratpoison-1.2.0.cvs.20020425-3/src/ratpoison 
> 
> Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
> Cannot remove breakpoints because program is no longer writable.
> It might be running in another process.
> Further execution is probably impossible.
> 0xff3b29c0 in ?? ()
> (gdb) 
> (gdb) q
> 
> What can I do?

Have you compiled with debugging symbols? Also, as Gergely
recommended, compile with --enable-debug and you'll get ratpoison
debugging output. This can help you find out where in the source it
fails. Can you post the debugging output?

Thanks,
Shawn