gdb exits with segmentation fault

gdb exits with segmentation fault

[nitinvk04]

I hope I am at the right forum.
I am trying to run simplest program - 

#include <stdio.h>

int  main(int argc, char *args[])
{
        int num1;
        num1 = 10;
        printf("VALUE OF NUM1=%d\n",num1);
        return 0;
}

i can run the program - 

[nitin@localhost shellCode]$ ./simple
VALUE OF NUM1=10

But gdb exits with segmentation fault - 

[nitin@localhost shellCode]$ gdb simple 
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This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...
(gdb) run
Starting program: simple 
Segmentation fault
[nitin@localhost shellCode]$ 

I am using Mandrake 10 with a kernel 2.6.3-7mdk. and the gdb
is 6.0 - quite old, but i have some requirement.
I have compiled gdb from source as it was not installed. 
While compiling gdb i dint get any errors.
I cant figure out whats wrong with gdb. It's happening with
all executable programs. Can run few other commands like
disassemble, help but not run.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot.
Nitin
 

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Re: gdb exits with segmentation fault

[Paul Pluzhnikov]

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 6:16 AM, nitinvk04<nitinvk04@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am using Mandrake 10 with a kernel 2.6.3-7mdk. and the gdb
> is 6.0 - quite old, but i have some requirement.

It is quite unlikely that anyone will look at why GDB 6.0 crashes for
you, and you haven't explained why you need such an old GDB ("I have
some requirement" doesn't explain anything to me).

Why don't you compile GDB from current CVS Head instead?

Cheers,
-- 
Paul Pluzhnikov

Re: gdb exits with segmentation fault

[nitinvk04]

hello Paul

I somehow missed this - i could have
tried installing gdb 6.8 on mandrake 10 first.
I thought as it's old linux kernel, it might
require older gdb. I could install 6.8 and
it's working fine till now.
BTW -  im working on old linux dist. as I
am a grad. student working on running 
some exploits on vulnerabilities available on that
and intrusion detection.
Thanks a lot for the help.

Nitin


Paul Pluzhnikov-4 wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 6:16 AM, nitinvk04<nitinvk04@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I am using Mandrake 10 with a kernel 2.6.3-7mdk. and the gdb
>> is 6.0 - quite old, but i have some requirement.
> 
> It is quite unlikely that anyone will look at why GDB 6.0 crashes for
> you, and you haven't explained why you need such an old GDB ("I have
> some requirement" doesn't explain anything to me).
> 
> Why don't you compile GDB from current CVS Head instead?
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Paul Pluzhnikov
> 
> 

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