From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Fatal error 11: Segmentation Fault Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 06:47:06 +0200 Message-ID: <86tvffhf05.fsf@zoho.eu> References: <86imvx5gyz.fsf@zoho.eu> <86ef6l5dwk.fsf@zoho.eu> <86a7h85ru5.fsf@zoho.eu> <878swsz5v2.fsf@telefonica.net> <86zhp83qrb.fsf@zoho.eu> <86sgv03qcw.fsf@zoho.eu> <86o95o3pzk.fsf@zoho.eu> <87sguzyje0.fsf@telefonica.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="165957"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 03 06:47:36 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hBXoF-000h40-Os for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2019 06:47:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41324 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hBXoE-0005Zp-Lw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2019 00:47:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:58662) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hBXnx-0005ZW-8K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2019 00:47:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hBXnw-0001Wf-0U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2019 00:47:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=34752 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hBXnv-0001Uf-OM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2019 00:47:15 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hBXnt-000ggh-Uu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2019 06:47:13 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:7473AT5lcY/fxFXLNkUlMLfrX3U= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:119848 Archived-At: Óscar Fuentes wrote: > emacs25-dbg (if exists in Raspbian) is needed > for readable stack traces. Indeed, it is needed and it exists - Raspbian is Debian for the RPi is the saying (and it is true). >> The source my Emacs was installed from isn't >> still on my computer (with >> apt-get/aptitude), right? > > If you have emacs25-src installed, you have > the source, I suppose. Yes, but not the actual source Emacs was compiled from, right? (But the difference is perhaps academic.) > Okay, after installing emacs25-dbg, do this: > > $ gdb emacs > (gdb) run > <... use emacs until it crashes ...> > (gdb) backtrace > (gdb) xbacktrace > > Copy the output of the last two commands and > paste them on the buffer created by M-x > report-emacs-bug. > > To exit GDB: > > (gdb) quit > <... if it asks for a confirmation, say `y'...> Why don't you put this together and suggest it as an addition to (info "(emacs) Checklist") Actually I think there should be a "How to use GDB when Emacs crashes" node (child/leaf) from (info "(emacs) Bugs") . "Checklist" is like a typical thing people typically don't like to check out! You get the feeling there is a schoolteacher behind that door telling you to improve your handwriting, or something. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573