debugging GWorkspace on -current crashes system ?

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2007-02-15 16:07, Gaspar Chilingarov <casper at web.am> wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> I've tried to setup GWorkspace on -current (Dec 23).
> It should not be compiled on -current, I know, but I've disabled that
> lines in Makefile and managed to compile it without any problems.
> 
> When I'm running
> /usr/local/GNUstep/System/Applications/GWorkspace.app/GWorkspace it
> fails -- that's ok, I've been warned :)
> 
> But when I'm trying to run it under gdb it crashes whole system and
> computer restarts. I'm running it as a user, not as a root.
> I expect this is a bug, because user should not be able to crash system
> that easily.

That's true.  Can you build a debugging kernel, set up a serial console
and capture a kernel backtrace?

The Developer's Handbook contains information about some of these
topics.  If you need help about some of the details, feel free to ask :)