Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Debugging ethereal

["Senthil Prabu.S" <praboos@xxxxxxxxx>]

First, you be familiar with GDB to use it efficiently.

Refer this link, to get more details about GDB;

http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/gdb/gdb.html#SEC_Top

 

Then, normally core file are generated from the directory when U

run ur binary, ie ethereal. And also U can find it using find command.

Moreover, file command would help U to find who dumped that core file.

 

Ex:

$ file core
core:           core file from 'ethereal' - received SIGABRT

Then, U can invoke GDB as

$gdb ethereal core

 

Then you can analyse more using "bt" or "where" command. Also you

can print out symbols that caused the core file.

 

NOTE:

Also, you can set breakpoints where you added extra lines to ethereal source

and run ethereal under GDB. Get familiar with GDB, you can play a lot.

 

HTH,

 

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Senthil Prabu.S

----- Original Message -----

From: harshas

To: Ethereal development

Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 10:09 AM

Subject: [Ethereal-dev] Debugging ethereal

Hello list,

   I am using ethereal on linux. I have added some features to ethereal and I want

   to debug the ethereal in GDB.

  

 1. Ethereal is crashing in some function and giving segmentation fault. I want to know

  at which part of the code ehereal crashes for that I want "core" file generated.

2. Where does the core file will be present when etereal gives segmentation fault

   in linux.

 

Regards

   harsha

 

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