>From gdb run with one of the identical core dumps: gdb /usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-bin ./core.firefox-bin.32265
<*snip*> #0 0xb7cc8d91 in *__GI_getenv (name=0xb7ef4642 "DSP_DEBUG") at getenv.c:90 90 getenv.c: No such file or directory. in getenv.c (gdb) where #0 0xb7cc8d91 in *__GI_getenv (name=0xb7ef4642 "DSP_DEBUG") at getenv.c:90 #1 0xb7eef0e0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulsedsp.so #2 0xb7ef2e89 in close () from /usr/lib/libpulsedsp.so #3 0xb5cbf746 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #4 0xb5cbfc3f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #5 0xb5cbffc2 in link_connection_state_changed () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #6 0xb5cc01dd in link_connection_exec_disconnect () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #7 0xb5cbea4c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #8 0xb5cbed37 in link_exec_command () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #9 0xb5cbf961 in link_connection_disconnect () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #10 0xb5c9d176 in giop_connection_close () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #11 0xb5c9d20a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #12 0xb698211f in g_object_run_dispose () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #13 0xb5cbf17a in link_connections_close () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #14 0xb5c9d857 in giop_shutdown () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #15 0xb5ca23c9 in CORBA_ORB_shutdown () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #16 0xb5ca252f in CORBA_ORB_destroy () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #17 0xb5ca3cbf in ?? () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #18 0xb7cc9589 in *__GI_exit (status=154756776) at exit.c:75 #19 0xb7caf7ad in __libc_start_main (main=0x8048d62 <set...@plt+246>, argc=5, ubp_av=0xbfb285f4, init=0x804dae0 <set...@plt+20084>, fini=0x804dad0 <set...@plt+20068>, rtld_fini=0xb7f1a6e0 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbfb285ec) at libc-start.c:254 Looking at the code (padsp.c), it seems like this should only happen if the DSP_DEBUG value is not set but the check for non-null pointer passes: static void debug(int level, const char *format, ...) { va_list ap; const char *dlevel_s; int dlevel; dlevel_s = getenv("PADSP_DEBUG"); if (!dlevel_s) return; dlevel = atoi(dlevel_s); <== Segfault if pointer 'dlevel_s' is NULL Or is the segfault occuring in the getenv call? So many levels of indirection, exec'ing, environments, my head starts to spin... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org