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©úı wrote:
> I'm debugging a application, for it crashes at line 660 of file
> glxcmds.c, which is a file of mesa-7.4.1
> here is the source code at which it crashes:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PUBLIC void glXWaitX(void)
> {
>   ......
>            if (psc->driScreen->waitX != NULL)
> [line 660]              (*psc->driScreen->waitX)(pdraw);
> .....
> }
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> and here is the gdb info:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> (gdb) break glxcmds.c:660
> Breakpoint 1 (glxcmds.c:660) pending.
> (gdb) run
> Breakpoint 1, glXWaitX () at glxcmds.c:660
> (gdb) print psc->driScreen->waitX
> $3 = (void (*)(__GLXDRIdrawable *)) 0x47206769666e6f63
> (gdb) print *psc->driScreen->waitX
> Cannot access memory at address
> (gdb) step
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

First you need to "print psc", to see if that pointer is valid.
Then print psc->driScreen, to see if that pointer is valid.
Only then can you examine something pointed to by psc->driScreen.