What's up with /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1 ?

[James Gray]

On Sunday 26 February 2006 09:24, Simon Rönnqvist wrote:
> OK... the report tends to end with something about libc.so.6, ie.
> #210 0xb7d6b391 in malloc () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6

malloc() errors tend to be the result of poor code somewhere.  Usually 
something like a null pointer dereference or trying to write to memory that 
hasn't been initialised etc.

> I don't know what to do... file a bugreport each time this happends?

I would - the worst thing that could happen is the bug report is ignored and 
the situation continues (unlikely).  Or the developers could ask you to try a 
few things to resolve the problem.  Bug reporting is an important part of the 
F/OSS development cycle and a great way to contribute!

> The problem is that these crashes are seldom reproducable, because I usually
> don't know what causes them... they just happend every now and then in
> different apps.

That does make bug reporting more difficult, but not impossible.  Try to keep 
a log of what you're doing at the time for a few weeks/months and see if you 
can pick a trend.  If not - send it with the bug report; you'd be amazed the 
sort of trends you can pick when you know the internals of the software! :)

> If this is a common problem, which I assume it is... then I'm wondering
> when will it end? With Dapper? I really love Kubuntu and would like to go
> on using it, but as it now seems I'd have to take a break and maybe go for
> MEPIS (since it's the closest to Kubuntu that I could find), while waiting
> for a less flaky Kubuntu.

I had all sorts of problems with "artsd" on my AMD64 workstation.  In the end 
I just ditched it and reconfigured everything to use ALSA directly.  Seems 
KDE4 will use a totally different sound system (GStreamer from what I've 
read).  My point is, there might be a work-around you've not seen.

Good luck with it all :)

James
-- 
Do not underestimate the power of the Force.
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