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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Xsun core dumps
Message-ID: <9002051331.AA10799@expire.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 5 Feb 90 13:31:03 GMT
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    My server (Xsun(R4) on SS1) just dies now and then and I
    suppose it is one of the clients that gives me the message 
    "contact with X-server lost". Maybe it's one of my clients
    that causes the problem, but I don's suspect any at this time.
    Every time it crashes there is a core file which is 9744k in size.

When will people learn that messages like this are almost completely useless?
If you want help, you will have to learn to help yourself just a little.
Like, learn to generate a stack trace from a core file, and include it in
your message, e.g.
	adb <whereever>/Xsun <whereever>/core
	$C
	$q
or
	dbx <whereever>/Xsun <whereever>/core
	where
	quit
or
	gdb <whereever>Xsun <whereever>/core
	where
	quit

Try to narrow the problem down in some way!