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Best practise to diagnose problems [closed]
As Linux/Unix users, we run into problems frequently. And after long hours of problem solving, we develop the skill of debugging.
Now, what are good principles, methods or best practises when trying ...
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Sound Problems with pulseaudio
The overall question that my whole problem is kind of based on is regarding sound in linux. Should I be using alsa or pulse or what?
I'm using pulse at the moment and this is my problem: I was in the ...
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How can I figure out why gnome-panel is frequently misbehaving?
On my system (Debian Lenny AMD64), gnome-panel seems to act up now and again. I've not found a way to force it to happen, but it seems to be related to launching processes. Basically, I launch some ...
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Can we get compiler information from an elf binary?
Is there some chance to know how a binary was built, under Linux? (and or other Unix)
Compiler, version, time, flags etc...
I looked at readelf and couldn't find much, but there might be other ways ...
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How to track/fix a memory-related issue in a large C/C++ code on *nix systems
What strategy you use while tracking a memory-related issue? What tools do you use (open source as well as proprietary) to identify memory leaks, memory corruption etc? How would you track memory ...
