Bug#406044: Same Problem with gdm

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 13:53 +0100, Erik Tews wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 21.01.2007, 12:55 +0100 schrieb Michel Dänzer:
> > 
> > In addition to the information requested by Sune, it would be useful to
> > get a backtrace from gdb attached to the X server (only possible from a
> > remote login), ideally with the X server and drivers rebuilt with
> > debugging symbols.
> 
> Having a remote login on the machine is not so easy, while the X server
> is crashing.

Yeah, I'm afraid you'd have to keep a remote login running gdb attached
to the X server whenever possible.

> I think I can recompile the debian package with debugging informations.
> Will the crash handler then give more usefull informations?

Unfortunately not, in my experience.


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