Grabbed dxpc sources dxpc_3.9.2.orig.tar.gz dxpc_3.9.2-3.debian.tar.gz Commented out stripcmd in install-sh so: psz@como:~/dxpc-3.9.2$ diff install-sh.orig install-sh 124c124 < -s) stripcmd=$stripprog --- > -s) ##### stripcmd=$stripprog and then building, running my own dxpc via gdb, and running texworks elsewhere to make it crash, I got: psz@como:~/dxpc-3.9.2$ gdb --args ./dxpc -w -u y639.yt ... (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/users/amstaff/psz/dxpc-3.9.2/dxpc -w -u y639.yt dxpc proxy running in CLIENT mode trying to connect to remote proxy... connect succeeded. using image compression level 9 connected to server proxy ready terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' what(): std::bad_alloc Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0xffffe430 in __kernel_vsyscall () (gdb) bt #0 0xffffe430 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xf7d2c681 in *__GI_raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64 #2 0xf7d2fab2 in *__GI_abort () at abort.c:92 #3 0xf7efa28d in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 #4 0xf7ef7ef3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 #5 0xf7ef7f2f in std::terminate() () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 #6 0xf7ef81ce in __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 #7 0xf7ef880e in operator new(unsigned int) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 #8 0xf7ef88bb in operator new[](unsigned int) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 #9 0x5656e86f in EncodeBuffer::growBuffer (this=this@entry=0x5657f588, minumumFreeSpaceAfterGrow=<optimized out>, minumumFreeSpaceAfterGrow@entry=8) at EncodeBuffer.C:215 #10 0x5656e99c in EncodeBuffer::encodeDirect (this=0x5657f588, value=0, numBits=16) at EncodeBuffer.C:56 #11 0x5655db98 in ClientChannel::doRead (this=0xf7c9b008, encodeBuffer=...) at ClientChannel.C:181 #12 0x5655b488 in Multiplexer::handleSelect (this=0x5657f560, fd=9) at Multiplexer.C:157 #13 0x56558948 in main (argc=4, argv=0xffffdb84) at main.C:729 (gdb) q ... Does this help? Should I try something else?
Thanks, Paul Paul Szabo p...@maths.usyd.edu.au http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney Australia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org