On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 11:22, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Hi, > > Although I edited /etc/profile to set ulimit -c 100000 globally - verfied > the parameter is set from a bash prompt, but then again, /etc/profile might > only target the shell (ie bash) - a core file was not dumped on the fourth > crash of gnome-terminal this week I just experienced (really need to setup > email under Linux ;). > > How do I enable core dumps under X so I can debug these crashes (or at > least upload a core file to bugzilla)? Did you exit and restart X? The shell that runs X will not pick up the /etc/profile change, even though new shells do, and if you start Gnome terminal from a menu or taskbar icon, it will be spawned from as a descendant of that original shell. Cheers, Ben
