I am trying to run a backtrace on httpd [root@xxxxx phoenix]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop [root@xxxxx phoenix]# gdb /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (5.3post-0.20021129.18rh) Copyright 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux-gnu"... (gdb) run -X Starting program: /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -X [New Thread 1075527040 (LWP 5272)] I then access the web page that is causing a segfault in httpd and it replies.. Couldn't get registers: Operation not permitted. (gdb)bt Cannot fetch general-purpose registers for thread 1075527040: generic error Why can I not get this to play fair? Kind regards Kevin -- ______ (_____ \ _____) ) ____ ____ ____ ____ | ____/ / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \____) \_||_| \____) \____) Kevin Waterson Port Macquarie, Australia -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list