Matt Rice on Freenode's #audacity channel suggested <ratmice__> start it up and get it to hang... <ratmice__> gdb --pid `/sbin/pidof audacity` <ratmice__> break poll <ratmice__> c <ratmice__> bt
I followed Matt's advice. Here's gdb's back trace ... (gdb) bt #0 0xb71d7df6 in poll () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #1 0xb79bf867 in wxApp::CleanUp () from /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 #2 0xb6cbf6e2 in g_main_context_prepare () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0xb6cbfd72 in g_main_loop_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #4 0xb6ec0ba9 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #5 0xb79d9f45 in wxEventLoop::Run () from /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 #6 0xb7a6f8fe in wxAppBase::MainLoop () from /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 #7 0xb7a6f4d1 in wxAppBase::OnRun () from /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 #8 0xb779302a in wxEntry () from /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 #9 0xb7793227 in wxEntry () from /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 #10 0x08080a60 in wxButtonBase::~wxButtonBase () #11 0xb7118455 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #12 0x08077291 in ?? () (gdb) It seems to me that my computer has up to date versions of the packages containing these files. /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 libc6-i686 2.7-18* /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 libwxgtk2.8-0 2.8.7.1-1.1 /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 libglib2.0-0 2.16.6-1* /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 libgtk2.0-0 2.12.11-4* /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 libwxbase2.8-0 2.8.7.1-1.1 * newer version is in experimental Thanks, Kingsley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org