You could also just do:
gdb /path/to/ethereal pid
and then bt. That will attach to an already running process.
-- Nathan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Florian Lohoff [mailto:flo@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 7:44 AM
> To: Guy Harris
> Cc: ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ethereal-dev] hang on dumps with default tcpdump snaplen
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 03:09:14AM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> > > #4 0x807ed2b in dissect_l2tp (pd=0x8325ce8 "",
> offset=70, fd=0x81c63b0,
> > > tree=0x831199c) at packet-l2tp.c:370
> >
> > ...which is inside a
> >
> > while (index < length) { /* Process AVP's */
>
> Hmmm - I tried to fix this but it still hangs and now even
> the coredump thing doesnt work - There seems to be no usable
> stacktrace in the core.
>
> Flo
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