Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Lockup problem displaying certain packets

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:32:53 -0700 (PDT)
> Loading the capture file from which I extracted that packet.
> The single-packet file loads fine.
> 
> How do I get a stack trace?

As you said "ran ./autogen.sh, then make, then make install", I presume
you're running some UNIX-flavored OS (I don't remember what OS you
mentioned in your earlier mail).

As such, you may either have GDB or a vendor debugger; if it's GDB,
then, if the core file is named "core", do

	gdb ethereal core

and when it prompts with "(gdb)", type "backtrace" and the Enter/Return
key.  It should print a stack trace.  (This is covered in the README
file.)

(If the core file isn't named "core" - e.g., if it's named
"ethereal.core", as on, for example, at least some of the later versions
of FreeBSD, and possibly other BSDs - use that name rather than "core"
in the "gdb" command.)