A really handy thing I have found is that when I have a fatal error my core dumps into the /lib directory of the mud.. I don't know if this only happens for me, it may be because whenever I am testing things I am using the root account.. Not sure.. It's very handy though cause after the core dumps I just run gdb on the core and it tells me the specific position of the place in code that the crash took place (file, line# etc).. Just a little advice for people having a lot of problems.. :) If you don't know the syntax on gdb, I just type gdb ../bin/circle core from the lib directory. On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Sammy wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Dave wrote: > > - Hey people... > - just want to say thanks to the tons of people who responded to my plea for > - help about autorun not autorunning:) I only have a quick question this > - time, albiet newbie-ish: > - is there a faw out there with purely erosr and problems and how to fix them? > - not the real faq from www.circlemud.org, but something like > - "if you get error msg. "blahblahblah", then do this"etc.etc.? > > I think Jeremy's working on that for the next release. > No, he doesn't know when the next release will be ready. ;) > > One thing a lot of newbies misunderstand is that when the mud crashes, > it's very rare that you'll get any info from the syslog. Sometimes it's > useful to know if someone was in the middle of logging in, and other small > tidbits, but SYSERR's usually only show up when there's a nonfatal error. > > My best advice is to search the code for a part of the syslog errors so > you can see where a certain warning is generated and get an idea of what > would cause it. > > For example: > > SYSERR: error in zone file: Invalid vnum etc... > > grep "error in zone file" src/*.c > > Your SYSERR's are always going to be the result of code or database > changes (socials, mobs, rooms, etc), so the first thing to check is what > you've changed. I've never seen stock circle cause errors. > > Sam > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | > | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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