[comp.windows.x] Xsun core dumps

svenole@vest.sdata.no (02/05/90)

I've seen some of the articles about Xsun memory leak, and
I wonder if this have something to do with my problem these
days. My server (Xsun(R4) on SS1) just dies now and then and I
suppose it is one of the clients that gives me the message 
"contact with X-server lost". Maybe it's one of my clients
that causes the problem, but I don's suspect any at this time.
Every time it crashes there is a core file which is 9744k in size.
Any clues???

I'm using olwm and clients from both the core/contrib distribution and
from Sun's X11/news release.


- Sven
  (svenole@vest.sdata.no)

rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (02/05/90)

    My server (Xsun(R4) on SS1) just dies now and then and I
    suppose it is one of the clients that gives me the message 
    "contact with X-server lost". Maybe it's one of my clients
    that causes the problem, but I don's suspect any at this time.
    Every time it crashes there is a core file which is 9744k in size.

When will people learn that messages like this are almost completely useless?
If you want help, you will have to learn to help yourself just a little.
Like, learn to generate a stack trace from a core file, and include it in
your message, e.g.
	adb <whereever>/Xsun <whereever>/core
	$C
	$q
or
	dbx <whereever>/Xsun <whereever>/core
	where
	quit
or
	gdb <whereever>Xsun <whereever>/core
	where
	quit

Try to narrow the problem down in some way!