A very strange problem.

[fender0107401]

Hi all:

This problem is very strange, so I can't promise that someone can reproduce it.

Sometimes when login (through gdm) to gnome I will find a "gdb.core" file in my home directory, but sometimes will not.

If I fond this "gdb.core" I can't "shut down" directly, if I hit "shut down", I will logout to gdm, but I can "shut down" the system from "gdm". :(

Seems, it's random. x(


% file gdb.core
gdb.core: ELF 64-bit LSB core file x86-64, version 1 (FreeBSD), FreeBSD-style, from 'gd'

% du -h gdb.core
2.5M gdb.core


OS information:
% uname -a
FreeBSD PC-686.Workstation 7.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2 #2: Tue Jul 28 12:48:19 CST 2009 fender@PC-686.Workstation:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL amd64

After the installation, I have been csup the system source code and ports tree, then I compiled the userland, the kernel, and every ports.

[dennylin93]

I have no idea, but taking a look at ~/.xsession-errors might help.

[graudeejs]

are you doing some app debuging?
gdb is GNU Debugger, and it crashed, that why gdb.dump appears.... (well, that is my guess, but there may be something other....)

[fender0107401]

I don't compiled ports with debug option and not familiar with gdb. :(

This is my ~/.xsession-errors:

% cat .xsession-errors
/usr/local/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
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-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
/usr/local/etc/gdm/Xsession: seahorse-agent not found!
/usr/local/etc/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: gnome-session
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/var/tmp/keyring-ib4L3q/socket
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/var/tmp/keyring-ib4L3q/socket.ssh
E: socket-client.c: socket(): Protocol not supported
Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file /home/fender/.config/metacity/sessions/10767f63a29885ecc4124884694944778900000010430010.m s: Failed to open file '/home/fender/.config/metacity/sessions/10767f63a29885ecc4124884694944778900000010430010.m s': No such file or directory
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges.
W: main.c: High-priority scheduling enabled in configuration but not allowed by policy.
** (gnome-volume-control-applet:1077): DEBUG: Disabling debugging

(gecko:3282): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed

(gecko:3282): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed

(gecko:3282): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed

(gecko:3282): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_xatom_to_atom_for_display: assertion `xatom != None' failed