Espeakup sometimes produces core files when shutting down/rebooting

[William Hubbs]

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Hi Hermann,

On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 11:05:46AM +0200, Hermann wrote:
> Hi,
> the subject says it: When I shut down/reboot my machine, Espeakup
> sometimes writes core files in the root directory /.
> Since they are very large, more then 60 MB and near 600 KB after
> bzipping, I want to know what to do with them?
> Send one to the list? Are attachments allowed, and if so, can they be
> that big?
> "file /core*"
> responds as follows:
> /core.11221: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV),
> SVR4-style, from 'espeakup -V de'
> Any hints?
> Hermann

I need to know which version of espeakup you are using

Also, a core file alone doesn't give me any information.  It is
basically a memory image of what was going on when the  program crashed.

The best way for me to fix a core dump would be to have the backtrace
from gdb with the debugging information turned on.  To do this, you will
need to add -g to the CFLAGS when you are building espeakup, as follows:

make CFLAGS="-g"

Then, the next time you get a core dump, do the following:

gdb espeakup_executible core_file
bt
quit

and give me the output from the back trace.

Let me know if you need more information about how to do this.

Thanks,

William

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