Re: [Rosegarden-devel] spacebar

[Kevin C. <ke...@do...>]

On 25 February 2006 at 2:06, "D. Michael 'Silvan' McIntyre" <ros...@gm...> wrote:

> scons configure debug=full

Building now.

> Rebuild, then follow this procedure:
> 
> Producing a Stack Trace
> If your bug involves a crash, then we will often come back
> and ask you to produce a stack trace if you didn't include
> one. In order to produce a useful trace from a standard user
> environment, you probably need to perform a few steps.
> Go to a bash prompt (for example, run "Terminal Program
> (Konsole)" from the KDE menu) and then issue these commands to
> allow for the creation of core dumps, and to bypass the KDE bug
> handler:
> ulimit -c unlimited
> ulimit -H -c unlimited

I don't have ulimit installed.  It's part of a bash package.  I don't 
run bash.  Instead I'm running tcsh.  Where else can I set ulimit?  
Maybe it's already set?

> export KDE_DEBUG=1

I already do that.

> Now start rosegarden from this same command line, and
> reproduce the crash.  You should now have a core file in your
> current directory. The core file is either named "core" or
> "core.<number>".
> Now run "gdb" :
> gdb rosegarden <core_file>
> Now type "where" at the gdb prompt. Let the trace run to
> completion (or until it becomes apparent that it's in an
> infinite loop) and copy the results, then paste them into your
> report.

I'll try all that.  Well, after a good night's sleep that is, and 
maybe after my daughter's 2nd birthday party too.  Yeeha.

I'll be in touch....


--
Kevin