Re: Another annoying dvd playback bug

[walt <wa1ter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Petr Janda wrote:

> ...I recompiled
> gmplayer with --enable-debug but no idea what to do now, i never used gdb...

Does plain mplayer work any better than gmplayer?

Anyway, to run an app in gdb, just type 'gdb gmplayer' from a
shell prompt, and then type 'run' at the gdb prompt.

If you normally start gmplayer with an argument, like the name
of a file, then type 'run path-to-file' instead.

When the app crashes it won't disappear from the screen as it
usually would, it will just freeze.  That's when you go back
to the gdb prompt and type 'bt' (backtrace).

Hm.  I've never done a gdb 'disassembly' so I'd better find out
what it means.