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Re: XWin 1.12.0-4 crash
- From: Jon TURNEY <jon dot turney at dronecode dot org dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Cc: MBardiaux at mediaxim dot be
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:22:18 +0100
- Subject: Re: XWin 1.12.0-4 crash
- References: <6BFA9AF2C7556E42AFF3F187ECAB07B802F9CFEC@bespdc01.mediaxim.local>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On 23/04/2012 14:03, Michel Bardiaux wrote:
> Yes, it is a crash at startup.
>
> I could not find XWin.exe.stackdump anywhere on my hard drive. I have
> attached the bat script (renamed into .txt) used to start cygwin/X,
> maybe I need to modify it.
>
> Would it work to add
>
> CYGWIN='error_start=c:\cygwin\bin\dumper.exe'
>
> in the system environment (meaning, via the control panel), to have a
> core file that I could then open with gdb?
No, I don't think that would work (for various uninteresting reasons)
Start the X server from a terminal using 'gdb --args XWin -multiwindow', type
'r' to start the X server running, and 'bt full' after it crashes.
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Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer
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