Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Ethereal crash

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:31:07 -0800
harshas wrote:
1. I want to know at which point the ethereal is crashing. I want to use debugger(GDB) to know the point of crash using the "core" file.I have not seen ethereal on segmentation fault generating the "core" file.
If you're running Ethereal in a directory in which the user ID under which it's running doesn't have write permission, a core dump file won't be written.
Is therea any fascility to know the point of crash ie the function and the line number.?
You could try running Ethereal inside GDB; if it crashes, it should stop inside GDB, at which point you should be able to get a stack trace.
2. Is therea any other file generated by ethereal on segmentation fault similer to "core" for debugging the segmentation fault. 

No.