Re: [gentoo-amd64] How can I capture enough debug info to make a good bug report?

[Rodolphe Rocca <fake2@free.fr>]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
>    On a subscriber web site I am seeing a consistent problem with both
> Firefox & Firefox-bin. When I click a specific link the browser
> crashes with a seg fault:
>
> mark@lightning ~ $ firefox-bin
> No running windows found
> /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher: line 119:  6108 Segmentation fault
> $(type -P aoss) "$mozbin" "$@"
> firefox-bin exited with non-zero status (139)
> mark@lightning ~ $ firefox
> No running windows found
> Removing /home/mark/.mozilla/firefox/ipm4osof.default/compreg.dat
> leftover from older firefox
> /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher: line 119:  6149 Segmentation fault
> $(type -P aoss) "$mozbin" "$@"
> firefox-bin exited with non-zero status (139)
> mark@lightning ~ $
>
>    Note that I see Firefox crashing on my Windows Vista box also, but
> Internet Explorer does not, so this doesn't seem to me to be a Linux
> issue specifically.
>
>    How can I get enough info to pass along to someone and have it be useful?
>   

1) Remerge firefox with the debug use flag
2) rebuild your kernel (if needed) with CONFIG_ELF_CORE=y
3) reboot
4) connect your page

The segfault should produce a core file that you could send to firefox devs.

If I forgot something, guys, please correct me.
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