[asterisk-dev] Asterisk Core Dumps

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

/path/to/src/asterisk/doc/README.backtrace

Kohler, Jeffrey wrote:
> I was able to eventually figure it out.  For anyone as linux unsavvy as
> myself:
> 
>  
> 
> -          # gdb /usr/sbin/asterisk /tmp/core.21713
> 
> -          # bt
> 
>  
> 
> Sorry for the stupid question
> 
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> 
> From: asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kohler,
> Jeffrey
> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 8:21 AM
> To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List
> Subject: [asterisk-dev] Asterisk Core Dumps
> 
>  
> 
> I've been experiencing some Asterisk crashes and was trying to look at
> the core dumps to figure out what is going wrong.  Unfortunately I'm not
> really even sure where to start.  (I'm a Windows developer by trade so
> please excuse my ignorance)
> 
>  
> 
> Here's what I've done so far:
> 
> -          run Asterisk with the safe_asterisk script
> 
> -          when Asterisk crashed it produced a dump file - core.21713
> 
> -          From a command line, I ran gdb
> 
> -          # core-file /tmp/core.21713
> 
> -          # bt
> 
> -           
> 
> I did get a stack trace, however, it simply lists a series of addresses.
> How can I get symbolic information to make sense of this?
> 
>  
> 
> Is there a better method of examining core files?


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