On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:30:37 -0500
"David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@...> wrote:

> On 04/27/2012 01:24 PM, /dev/ammo42 wrote:
> > I suggested strace to retrieve the arguments of select(). In the new
> > backtrace the program didn't lock in a syscall, so there is less
> > interest in stracing it.
> 
> All the i686 crashes end with the syscall, the x86_64 give full
> debugs. I have no idea why there is that difference.
> 
> When I get to my i686 box, what do I do to get the strace you want?
> Just:
> 
>   strace kate
> 
> Or are there some specific options I should use?
> 
I think it would be wise to redirect the error channel, since the
output of strace is massive (and moreover if you put it in a file vim
will color it for you ;)). There is no other necessary option AFAIK.