Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Debugging in gnuradio

[Tom Rondeau]

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:56 AM, ikjtel <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 5:11 AM, Tom Rondeau wrote:
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>> You can use the following link as a guide to debugging segfaults when
>> they occur:
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>> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/FAQ#How-do-I-debug-GNU-Radio-in-Python
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> Hi Tom
>
> I've noticed this issue pop up a few times on the list and noticed that the 
> wiki suggests starting the app
> under control of GDB.  This has in the past caused me a lot of "Heisen-bugs" 
> because GDB really messes
> with the timing of some apps.
> The true old-fashioned way was 'core' files (I learned Fortran on a machine 
> with 8K of 16-bit words of core ;-).  I've put together
> a writeup on using this alternative method of invoking GDB, which is at
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> http://op25.osmocom.org/wiki/wiki/DebugPage
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> If you feel like incorporating this verbiage into the main GR wiki, I'd be 
> happy to send you the raw markup...
>
> Best Regards
>
> Max

That's great, Max, thanks! I'll be stealing it for sure. Don't worry
about the markup; it's easy enough to do that kind of thing on the
Redmine Wiki.

Tom