boinc-client in testing

[Frank S. Thomas]

Hi Jeremy,

On Wednesday 23 April 2008 21:48, Jeremy Spykerman wrote:
> I recently installed boinc-client from debian testing (5.10.45-2) on a mac
> mini (powerpc) and found that it crashes frequently with this in the log
> file:
>
> SIGSEGV: segmentation violation
> Stack trace (7 frames):
> /usr/bin/boinc_client[0x100544a0]
> [0x100344]
> /usr/bin/boinc_client[0x1003e08c]
> /usr/bin/boinc_client[0x10019f70]
> /usr/bin/boinc_client[0x1004397c]
> /lib/libc.so.6[0xf9f4720]
> /lib/libc.so.6[0xf9f48e0]
>
> I would like to provide a detailed bug report, but I've been unable to
> capture a core dump. How can I collect and provide the detailed information
> you need for a high quality bug report?

Install the boinc-dbg package and then run boinc_client with the GNU Debugger 
gdb. This page http://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace has some detailed 
instructions how to run gdb. And make sure to shut down the system-wide 
boinc_client by invoking "/etc/init.d/boinc-client stop" while you are 
debugging. If you need further instructions don't hesitate to ask us.

Cheers,
-- 
Frank S. Thomas <fst at debian.org>           PGP public key ID: 0xDC426429
Debian Developer                            finger fst/key at db.debian.org
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