Re: [Update REQ 6171]: Problems to compile Geomview

[gaucher at math.u-strasbg.fr]

> As a test, could you try running geomview under the debugger?  You
> might recompile the geomview/x11/O.linux/*.o files after changing the
> makefiles/Makedefs.global setting to ``COPTS = -g'', then build gvx,
> and either run ``gdb gvx''  or  ``geomview -gdb''.  Then check the
> stack backtrace (type ``r'' to start geomview, then ``bt'' after it
> crashes) and let us know what it says.  The other guy who'd reported this
> found it crashed in __Xm_fastPtr, i.e. in some internal Motif routine.

belzebuth:/mnt/Geomview/bin$ geomview -gdb
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GDB 4.14 (i486-slackware-linux), Copyright 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc...
(gdb) r
Starting program: /mnt/Geomview/bin/linux/gvx 

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x4042576e in mib_gc ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x4042576e in mib_gc ()
#1  0x4046f48c in mib_gc ()
#2  0xfbad0001 in mib_gc ()
Cannot access memory at address 0x59.
(gdb) 


(I have gcc.2.7.2 and gdb 4.14 : so a recent gcc and an old gdb)

My configuration : 
------------------

belzebuth:/cdrom/slakware$ dmesg
Console: 16 point font, 400 scans
pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000fb290
pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0xfb720
pcibios_init : PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb750
Probing PCI hardware.
Warning : Unknown PCI device (100c:3208).  Please read include/linux/pci.h 
Warning : Unknown PCI device (121a:1).  Please read include/linux/pci.h 
Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 52.84 BogoMIPS
Memory: 31152k/32768k available (556k kernel code, 384k reserved, 676k data)
Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0
NET3: Unix domain sockets 0.13 for Linux NET3.035.
Swansea University Computer Society TCP/IP for NET3.034
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Checking 386/387 coupling... Ok, fpu using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... Ok.
Linux version 2.0.30 (root at belzebuth) (gcc version 2.7.2.2) #6 Thu Apr 10 16:20:01 GMT+0100 1997
Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled
tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
ide: i82371 PIIX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 57
    ide0: BM-DMA at 0x3000-0x3007
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0x3008-0x300f
hda: WDC AC2700F, 696MB w/64kB Cache, LBA, CHS=708/32/63
hdb: ST3660A, 520MB w/120kB Cache, LBA, CHS=528/32/63
hdc: QUANTUM FIREBALL1280A, 1222MB w/83kB Cache, LBA, CHS=2484/16/63, DMA
hdd: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5302TA, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2 
FDC 0 is an 8272A
Partition check:
 hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 >
 hdb: hdb1 < hdb5 > hdb3 hdb4
 hdc: hdc1 hdc2
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Adding Swap: 41324k swap-space (priority -1)


Motherboard Intel Triton, pentium-S 133MHz, 256Ko pipeline burst 
32Mo RAM, 40Mo swap, 
ET6000 video card, (+ an Orchid Righetous 3D 4Mo, 3dfx chipset : the
drivers for this card do not exist for linux : 
Warning : Unknown PCI device (100c:3208).  Please read include/linux/pci.h 
Warning : Unknown PCI device (121a:1).  Please read include/linux/pci.h 
)

Installed Librairies :
----------------------

belzebuth:~$ ls /usr/X11R6/lib
OLD.libXaw.so.6.0.OLD*  libPEX5.a               libXIE.so.6.0*          libXm.a                 libXtst.so.6@
X11@                    libPEX5.so@             libXau.a                libXm.so@               libXtst.so.6.0*
fonts/                  libPEX5.so.6@           libXaw.a                libXm.so.2@             libXtst.so.6.1*
lib/                    libPEX5.so.6.0*         libXaw.so@              libXm.so.2.0*           libXxf86dga.a
libFS.a                 libSM.a                 libXaw.so.6@            libXmu.a                libXxf86misc.a
libICE.a                libSM.so@               libXaw.so.6.0*          libXmu.so@              libXxf86vm.a
libICE.so@              libSM.so.6@             libXaw.so.6.1*          libXmu.so.6@            libforms.a@
libICE.so.6@            libSM.so.6.0*           libXaw3d.so.6@          libXmu.so.6.0*          libforms.so.0.81@
libICE.so.6.0*          libUil.a                libXaw3d.so.6.0*        libXp.a                 libglut.so.3@
libICE.so.6.3*          libUil.so*              libXaw3d.so.6.1*        libXp.so@               libglut.so.3.3*
libMesaGL.so.2@         libUil.so.2@            libXdmcp.a              libXp.so.6@             liblbxXext.a
libMesaGL.so.2.2*       libUil.so.2.0*          libXdpms.a              libXp.so.6.2*           liboldX.a
libMesaGLU.so.2@        libWsm.a                libXext.a               libXpm.a                libxkbfile.a
libMesaGLU.so.2.2*      libX11.a                libXext.so@             libXpm.so.4@            libxkbui.a
libMesaaux.so.2@        libX11.so@              libXext.so.6@           libXpm.so.4.8*          libz.a
libMesaaux.so.2.2*      libX11.so.6@            libXext.so.6.0*         libXss.a                modules/
libMesatk.so.2@         libX11.so.6.0*          libXext.so.6.1*         libXt.a                 rgb.txt
libMesatk.so.2.2*       libX11.so.6.1*          libXext.so.6.3*         libXt.so@               rgb.txt~
libMrm.a                libXExExt.a             libXi.a                 libXt.so.6@
libMrm.so@              libXIE.a                libXi.so@               libXt.so.6.0*
libMrm.so.2@            libXIE.so@              libXi.so.6@             libXtst.a
libMrm.so.2.0*          libXIE.so.6@            libXi.so.6.0*           libXtst.so@


Thank you for your help !


pg. (gaucher at math.u-strasbg.fr)

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