> 
> > root@atze(6)$ gdb hoffmann1         
> > (gdb) break main
> > Breakpoint 1 at 0x28a0: file hoffmann1.c, line 36.
> > (gdb) run
> > Starting program: /home/hoffmann/vogle/ass1/hoffmann-ass1/hoffmann1 
> > reading register pc (#17): Invalid argument.
> 
> This is due to some bogus checks in ptrace():
> 
> *** sys_process.c-orig	Mon Aug 15 10:25:35 1994
> --- sys_process.c	Tue Aug 23 17:36:22 1994
> ***************
> *** 211,217 ****
> --- 211,221 ----
>   		 * that the address be int-aligned.
>   		 */
>   		if ((u_long)uap->addr > (ctob(UPAGES) - sizeof(int)) ||
> + #ifdef STUPID_RESTRICTION
>   		    ((u_long)uap->addr & (sizeof(int) - 1)) != 0)
> + #else
> + 		    0)
> + #endif
>   			return (EINVAL);
>   
>   		/*
> ***************
> *** 232,238 ****
> --- 236,246 ----
>   		 * it won't be used for anything anyway.
>   		 */
>   		if ((u_long)uap->addr > (ctob(UPAGES) - sizeof(int)) ||
> + #ifdef STUPID_RESTRICTION
>   		    ((u_long)uap->addr & (sizeof(int) - 1)) != 0)
> + #else
> + 		    0)
> + #endif
>   			return (EINVAL);
>   
>   		/* And write the data. */
> 
> 

Thanks for your quick reply and patch.

I installed the patch , but now when using gdb it simply hangs my
machine.

First time it went like this:

root@atze(2)$ gdb hoffmann1
(gdb) break main
(gdb) run
(gdb) s
(gdb) error accessing memory address 0x288e: No such process
(gdb) s


At this point the whole machine hangs l-alt l-Amiga F10 doesn't work
either.

Running gdb with emacs didn't produce the memory error but hangs the
machine as well.


Arthur.

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