Re: Strange error

[Peter Palfrader <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 01 Feb 2006, Marvin Preuss wrote:

> > Then go to /var/lib/tor (cd /var/lib/tor) and start gdb on the corefile
> > (gdb /usr/sbin/tor core.<1234>) and type "bt" into gdb's prompt.  Send
> > us that output please.
> 
> there is a core file for eachtime this happend already...but from
> today...gdb gives me that:
> 
> (gdb) bt

> #4  0x401e5a88 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #5  0x0806d7cb in directory_initiate_command (address=0x82df438
> "85.25.66.203", addr=1427718859, dir_port=61376,
>     platform=0x823eac0 "Tor 0.1.0.16 on Linux i686", digest=0x114
> <Address 0x114 out of bounds>, purpose=1 '\001',
>     private_connection=1, resource=0x0, payload=0x0, payload_len=0) at
> directory.c:297
> #6  0x0806d3d5 in directory_initiate_command_router (router=0x4016cd00,
> purpose=1 '\001', private_connection=0,
>     resource=0x0, payload=0x0, payload_len=0) at directory.c:225
> #7  0x080855ec in consider_testing_reachability () at router.c:407
> #8  0x08078e96 in run_scheduled_events (now=1138532431) at main.c:706
> #9  0x080791e4 in second_elapsed_callback (fd=-1, event=1, args=0x0) at
> main.c:834
> #10 0x401b5c79 in event_base_priority_init () from
> /usr/lib/libevent-1.1a.so.1
> #11 0x401b5f65 in event_base_loop () from /usr/lib/libevent-1.1a.so.1

> BandwidthRate 30 KB
> BandwidthBurst 100 KB
> 
> AccountingStart day 12:00
> AccountingMax 500 MB

Roger says this looks like a bug he already fixed in 0.1.1.x (whether in
the latest release or only CVS I don't know).  He'll look into fixing it
for 0.1.0.x and will probably release a new update when he finds the
time.

Disabling DirPort would probably help as a work around.

Cheers.
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