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Re: Using GDB to debug Xconq

From: Lincoln Peters <sampln at sbcglobal dot net>
To: Jim Kingdon <kingdon at panix dot com>
Cc: Xconq list <xconq7 at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: 26 May 2003 15:51:14 -0700
Subject: Re: Using GDB to debug Xconq
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On Sat, 2003-05-24 at 21:40, Jim Kingdon wrote:
> Are you trying to debug a setgid copy of xconq?
> 
> If so, the fix is simple: clear the setgid bit or just run/debug the
> uninstalled copy (i.e. from the directory where you built xconq).
> 

The setgid bit seems to have been the culprit.  Now I can debug without
any problems I'm not prepared for.

Interestingly enough, I cannot reproduce the segfault now!  Maybe the
bug that you just patched was the same one I encountered.

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