["M.C. van den Bovenkamp" <marco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

J.Smith wrote:

> For starters, maybe a backtrace would be nice ? Locate the corefile (usually
> in the the current working directory of the process when the crash occurs),
> and run "gdb /usr/local/bin/ethereal /somedir/core". When on the gdb prompt,
> type "bt".

Will do. The Mandrake 9 box is at work, so I can't reproduce it at the moment.

> Post this along with maybe the versions of the libraries (gtk/glib/zlib) you
> compiled against, and maybe a description of the action you were performing
> when the crash occured.

It happens immediately at startup; 'ethereal<enter>' is all that's needed.

>  If the crash reproducibly occurs when loading a
> specific tracefile, maybe a post of this tracefile would be nice. Try to
> keep this as *small* as possible, though, while still getting the crash to
> occur. (No megabytes sized tracefiles please ;)

:-). I'll post the backtrace tomorrow. I just threw this one out in case 
someone would say something like 'Oh, but that's probably <X> happening'.

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		Regards,

			Marco.