Well if gdb is naff and you cant take the time to learn to debug your own
mud when it crashes, cd into your mud directory and type
rm -rf *
Seriously though, in order for anyone here to help you, you need to learn to
help yourself.
Noone cam remotely debug your crash. Use the other gdb commands which give a
clearer picture of what code was calling strcat() when the crash happened
Once into gdb as you were before, type
bt
This will show you a backtrace of the functions there were invoked and which
called strcat, giving you, and people on the list if you provide that
backtrace, a better understanding of the possible cause.
What you are trying to do is find out what function, in what c file called
strcat() when the crash happened, and from there, what was being passed to
strcat which would have made it core dump, and of course lastly, why did it
do this.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Mann" <alex4501@hotmail.com>
To: <CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 10:23 AM
Subject: [CIRCLE] Help CORE DUMPED ERROR
> Hi
> Right that does it now i'm p$^%&&^. This core dump thing is giving me a
> serious headache, i did nothing to cause it, i don't know why it is
talking
> about strcat(), gdb is naff and i have no idea how to use it
> H E L P
> Please all i want to know is how to fx it, is there a command or is it a
> code problem, or a file problem or should i give up and set up with a
> different MUD. Or is it nothing like that, is it a server problem.
> Any please help me before i go insane!!!!!!
>
>
> >From: Del <caminturn@EARTHLINK.NET>
> >Reply-To: Circle Discussion List <CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca>
> >To: CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca
> >Subject: Re: [CIRCLE] Help CORE DUMPED ERROR
> >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 09:11:03 -0500
> >
> >Check the FAQ again, and look at some of the commands to use.
> >Try back command which lists the steps it took to get to the error.
> >Also does it tell you which file the strcat() is in?
> >
> >
> >Alex Mann wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi
> > > I found out about and ran gdb on the core file and it gave out this
> >result
> > >
> > > #0 0x18bab0 in strcat()
> > >
> > > I undertsna this normally occurs when you alter something in the file,
> >but i
> > > have not even opened this file, let alone altered it.
> > > If anyone has any ideas please let me know.
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > >From: Alex Mann <alex4501@HOTMAIL.COM>
> > > >Reply-To: Circle Discussion List <CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca>
> > > >To: CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca
> > > >Subject: [CIRCLE] Core dumped error
> > > >Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:38:11 GMT
> > > >
> > > >Hi
> > > >i recently got this error when i used the bin/circle -c command to
> >check
> > > >the
> > > >MUD will compile my new wld files, and i don't know what it means or
if
> >it
> > > >is fixable.
> > > >
> > > >Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> > > >Any help appriciated
> > > >Alex
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