From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 629 invoked by alias); 16 Apr 2013 23:10:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 617 invoked by uid 89); 16 Apr 2013 23:10:17 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,SPF_HELO_NEUTRAL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 Received: from smtp10a.hushmail.com (HELO smtp10.hushmail.com) (65.39.178.239) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:10:16 +0000 Received: from smtp10.hushmail.com (smtp10a.hushmail.com [65.39.178.239]) by smtp10.hushmail.com (Postfix) with SMTP id F32461B5370 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:10:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.hushmail.com (w8.hushmail.com [65.39.178.52]) by smtp10.hushmail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:10:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.hushmail.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id A371A14DBE1; Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:10:14 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:10:00 -0000 To: sergiodj@redhat.com Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: GDB unable to trace xchat on linux From: mancha1@hush.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-Id: <20130416231014.A371A14DBE1@smtp.hushmail.com> X-SW-Source: 2013-04/txt/msg00045.txt.bz2 On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:08:34 -0400 "Sergio Durigan Junior" wrote: >On Tuesday, April 16 2013, mancha1@hush.com wrote: > >> To reproduce: >> >> $ gdb /path/to/xchat >> (gdb) r >> >> xchat starts but hangs at "Looking up here>". > >What do you mean by "hangs"? Is it unresponsible? Can you still >issue >commands on it? Is it just waiting for the server to respond? > By "hangs" I mean it doesn't progress beyond "Looking up...". I am still able to navigate the menus and open pop-ups say via "About" menus, etc. while in this state. However, it becomes totally unresponsive if I Server->Disconnect or XChat->Quit. >> xchat's faq (http://xchat.org/gdb/) suggests GDB has trouble >debugging >> when a server hostname is used. As they suggest, I ran a local >ircd and >> used 127.0.0.1. The problem remains. > >The page doesn't suggest that. It only suggests that you use the >server's IP address directly. Anyway, have you tried that? You >could >try freenode's IP address (84.240.3.129) and see if it works. > I understood the FAQ. I ran an ircd locally to speed up my debugging. No numeric IP works (freenode or otherwise). To make this crystal clear: no connection progresses beyond the "looking up..." message: not hostname not IP, not local, not remote, nor any permutations thereof.