shouldn''t be.

The plot thickens!

It seems like it doesn''t have ANYTHING to do with Valgrind. This morning I booted my computer, started Linux, and decided to pick up where I left off last night and cranked up gdb. Uh oh! The problem has returned! I completely shut down and restarted X and it''s been working ever since.

Now I have no idea what''s up with it. Could xdm be doing something?

aha. *smacks forehead*

I should have been more specific.

did you run it by typing

gdb ./prog

?

or just

gdb prog

I''d try both, and neither''d work.

it could possibly be a bug in gdb. why don''t you upgrade to the latest version of gdb (6.0) and hope it sorts itself out? can''t hurt to try...

I would suspect X and drivers for this one. Restarting X to fix it is very odd.

This has nothing to do with the subject, but for a second I just saw it say "god hates me"

I think it has to do with how the brain percepts text. The b looks sort of like a d; and there is a d right next to it. IIRC, Cambridge or some university researched this not long ago.

Just thought I should mention it.

same thing happened to me O_o

quote: Original post by aftermath
This has nothing to do with the subject, but for a second I just saw it say "god hates me"

I think it has to do with how the brain percepts text. The b looks sort of like a d; and there is a d right next to it. IIRC, Cambridge or some university researched this not long ago.

Just thought I should mention it.

I would post it, but damn its hard to google for something that is purposely misspelt.

It could just be when the "d" is next to the "b" the two vertical parts line up so that "db" looks like "ob" and then since the mind didn''t see the "d" the first time it sticks it in there after the "o" in place of the "b" and it becomes "od".