I'm getting core dumps, and with this command "gdb -c core.4023" I am able to get some info on the file, But what do I do next. I'd like to try and fix this or these problems.

Please help me debug gurus.

My system, uname -a
Linux GlennsPref.NixBox.lan 2.6.12-14mdk-i586-up-1GB #1 Tue Dec 20 14:17:34 MST 2005 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+ unknown GNU/Linux

KDE 3.5, Mandrive 2006 free, running on an Athlon 3200+, 1024Mb Kingstom ddr400 ram, Gigabyte Ga7N400 MB, ATI 9800 pro 128 Mb. IBM deskstar 40Gb pata, Seagate 120Gb sata and sony cdrw.

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
01:0d.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]
02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)

Download the source code and fix the problems

Of of curiousity, what binaries are dumping core?

It looks like kicker, dumping in /root

and s2u dumping in /

More, please

edit, googled and am reading these two pages

http://linux.bytesex.org/gdb.html (mini intro)

http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~dudek/206/gdb.html (mini howto)

in progress.