Guidance on how to debug/get a backtrace for Iceweasel

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 12:38:23PM +0100, Arthur Butler wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> To clarify: the Iceweasel window opens, gdb exits immediately, I
> have no chance to use Iceweasel to try to get a crash!
> 
> I understand the difficulties with closed-source software, but I'm
> not even sure that that is the cause of the problem yet.
> 
> Is the message (no debugging symbols found) correct? Am I running
> the debugger correctly?

It should work the way you started it.

> Iceweasel is far from stable for me, crashing several times a day.

Try removing the flash plugin. If it gets more stable, you have your
answer.

Mike