X crash

[Alex Deucher]

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Matthew Monaco <dgbaley27 at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 03/27/2011 04:25 PM, Alex Deucher wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Matthew Monaco<dgbaley27 at verizon.net>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 03/27/2011 03:55 PM, Alex Deucher wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Matthew Monaco<dgbaley27 at verizon.net>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://pastebin.com/s99PX9E6
>>>>>
>>>>> The kernel is 38.1. This has been happening somewhat frequently but not
>>>>> really predictably. It's happened when using Mathematica, wine, and
>>>>> LibreOffice. I don't really know if there's any connection there or
>>>>> it's
>>>>> just a coincidence.
>>>>>
>>>>> What other information would be helpful?
>>>>
>>>> Can you get a full backtrace using gdb?
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>
>>> I know how to attach gdb to Xorg. But I don't know how to get the bt once
>>> the computer has crashed.
>>>
>>
>> Type 'bt full'  when gdb catches the segfault.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>
> http://pastebin.com/3mNvXFWv
>
> Do I need to recompile with -g?
>

Yes, you'll need to install the debugging symbols (if you are using
distro pacakges) or rebuild without stripping them.

Alex