On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 08:21:36AM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Nov 2013 07:04:15 -0800 Marc MERLIN <[email protected]> said:
>
> > I found out I can't strace e17 anymore, I get
> > root# strace -f -p 4750
> > attach: ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, ...): Operation not permitted
> > note that this is as root, so it's not the
> > /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
> > issue.
> >
> > I can strace other things as root, so the only other reason I can think
> > of is that e17 is already running under ptrace.
> >
> > I can't see strace or gdb in my process list, but is there something
> > else e17 does for debugging, and that I can turn off?
> >
> > I have:
> > ii e17 0.17.3-1 amd64 Enlightenment DR17
> > Window Manager
>
> enlightenment_start is ptracing already. it's doing this so it catches segv's
> and can get a backtrace. you can temporarily turn it off (killall -USR1
> enlightenment_start) BUT... once its off - any crash will bring your desktop
> down in flames - no more crash trapping and recovery until you log in again.
That's what I needed, thanks.
And I have an xinitrc that stops X from dying if e stop, so that's not a
problem for me.
Thanks,
Marc
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