Re: a11y: some issues in squeeze

[Kenny Hitt <kenny@hittsjunk.net>]

Hi.
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 02:29:41PM +0100, Boris Dušek wrote:
> On Mar 3, 2011, at 2:18 PM, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> 
> > Finally got another crash.  Looks like it's the espeak output module that's crashing.
> > The following is from the ~/speech-dispatcher/log/speech-dispatcher.log.
> 
> I would suggest attaching to the espeak module while it is running successfully
> with gdb using:
> 
> gdb /usr/lib/speech-dispatcher-modules/sd_espeak `pidof sd_espeak`
> 
> Then enter "c" on the gdb propmt to continue running sd_espeak. When it
> crashes, gdb will display a prompt and there type "bt" and send output of it.
> 
> You might have to run gdb as root to attach to the process successfully
> (at least that is the case with Ubuntu).
> 
I didn't need to be root to attach.  It looks like the espeak module is seg faulting while switching
threads.  Unfortunately, I can't tell more without debug symbols.  Please let me know when you have a package
with debug symbols so I can provide more useful info.

          Kenny