GNUstep apps crash with SYSEGV on Debian/Alpha 3.1

[Tim McIntosh]

Hi,

On Debian/Alpha 3.1, most (all?) GNUstep apps seem to crash  
immediately on startup with SYSSEGV, as shown below.  At the time of  
the crash, the menu, icons, and windows are shown on the display.   
This seems to be the same problem described here:  http:// 
mirrors.p12n.org/bugs.debian.org/bts-spool-db/47/233747.log  Does  
anyone know anything about this?  Any hints on how to quickly isolate/ 
fix this problem would be appreciated.

Thanks!
-Tim


address@hidden:~$ uname -a
Linux alpha 2.4.27-3-generic #1 Tue Dec 5 18:39:08 UTC 2006 alpha GNU/ 
Linux


Packages:
ii  gnustep        3              The GNUstep Development Environment  
-- user
ii  gnustep-back   0.9.5-1        The GNUstep GUI Backend
ii  gnustep-base-c 1.10.3-1       GNUstep Base library - common files
ii  gnustep-base-d 1.10.3-1       Documentation for the GNUstep Base  
Library
ii  gnustep-base-e 1.10.3-1       Examples using the GNUstep Base  
Library
ii  gnustep-core   3              The GNUstep Development Environment  
-- core
ii  gnustep-core-d 3              The GNUstep Development Environment  
-- core
ii  gnustep-core-d 3              The GNUstep Development Environment  
-- core
ii  gnustep-devel  3              The GNUstep Development Environment  
-- devel
ii  gnustep-exampl 1.0.0-1        GNUstep Example Applications
ii  gnustep-gui-co 0.9.5-1        GNUstep Gui Library - common files
ii  gnustep-gui-do 0.9.5-1        Documentation for the GNUstep Gui  
Library
ii  gnustep-make   1.10.0-5       Basic GNUstep Scripts and Makefiles
ii  gnustep-make-d 1.10.0-5       Documentation for GNUstep-make
ii  gnustep-netcla 0.0.20040112-2 Objective-C framework for socket  
programming
ii  gnustep-ppd    1.0.0-4        GNUstep Postscript Printer Description
ii  libgnustep-bas 1.10.3-1       GNUstep Base library
ii  libgnustep-bas 1.10.3-1       GNUstep Base library - debug version
ii  libgnustep-bas 1.10.3-1       GNUstep Base header files and  
development li
ii  libgnustep-gui 0.9.5-1        GNUstep Gui Library
ii  libgnustep-gui 0.9.5-1        GNUstep Gui Library - debugging  
version
ii  libgnustep-gui 0.9.5-1        GNUstep Gui header files and static  
librarie


address@hidden:~$ debugapp Calculator.app
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This GDB was configured as "alpha-linux"...(no debugging symbols found)
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".

(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Applications/Calculator.app/ 
Calculator
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Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 16384 (LWP 1512)]
0x00000200009e4ea8 in objc_msg_lookup () from /usr/lib/libobjc.so.1
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00000200009e4ea8 in objc_msg_lookup () from /usr/lib/libobjc.so.1
#1  0x00000200006f073c in NSDecimalFromString () from /usr/lib/ 
GNUstep/System/Library/Libraries/libgnustep-base.so.1.10
#2  0x000002000107abb8 in __builtin_avcall () from /usr/lib/ 
libavcall.so.0
Cannot access memory at address 0x20344180
(gdb) info reg
v0             0x200009df9e0    2199033608672
t0             0x0      0
t1             0x0      0
t2             0x12001a4c0      4831945920
t3             0x1200f6fa0      4832849824
t4             0x3a6e   14958
t5             0x2      2
t6             0x3      3
t7             0x7      7
s0             0x20344180       540295552
s1             0x2000089ba80    2199032281728
s2             0x1200682f0      4832264944
s3             0x2000089ba60    2199032281696
s4             0x12035e0b0      4835369136
s5             0x1203b0970      4835707248
fp             0x12039f480      4835636352
a0             0x20344180       540295552
a1             0x2000089ba80    2199032281728
a2             0x1      1
a3             0x1a     26
a4             0x5      5
a5             0x0      0
t8             0x4      4
t9             0x1      1
t10            0x71fef97        119533463
t11            0x3      3
ra             0x200006f073c    2199030531900
t12            0x200009e4e80    2199033630336
at             0x1      1
gp             0x20000a05580    0x20000a05580
sp             0x11fffd2c0      0x11fffd2c0
pc             0x200009e4ea8    0x200009e4ea8 <objc_msg_lookup+40>
(gdb)