On 06/23/04, Gabriel Wicke <groups_at_gabrielwicke.de> wrote: 

> console (it's called venus.err on debian) told me the usual
> crashed-getting zombie- use gdb thing. I didn't check venus.log at that
> time, will do the next time it happens. I've since lowered the venus cache
> size from 8Gb to 6Gb, the last two reboots with full cache went smooth.

does venus.err tell you what line of what file it crashed on? it
always does that for me, but you might have venus compiled
differently.

> I don't have any gdb experience so far, what things should i look out for?

you could just type "where" after starting up gdb to see where it
crashed. i'm not too much of a pro with gdb, but "where" usually
gives me enough information.

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