Re: What is the good tool to debug for segmentation error

[Min Xu <minxu@scisun.sci.ccny.cuny.edu>]

Hi, Havoc:

> 
> gdb is the tool, but you will need source code and a binary with debugging
> symbols to get anywhere. gdb comes with a reasonable manual.
> 

I tried that. It gives me:

GNU gdb 4.17.19981224.m68k.objc.threads.hwwp.fpu.gnat
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This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...
Core was generated by `a.out'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
#0  0x4000a0dd in fixup ()
(gdb) where
#0  0x4000a0dd in fixup ()
#1  0x4000a310 in   ()
(gdb) 

The function fixup() is not in the hoc program. Then where it comes?

Min
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