Fixing Segmentation faults in C++

1. Compile your application with -g, then you'll have debug symbols in the binary file.

2. Use gdb to open the gdb console.

3. Use file and pass it your application's binary file in the console.

4. Use run and pass in any arguments your application needs to start.

5. Do something to cause a Segmentation Fault.

6. Type bt in the gdb console to get a stack trace of the Segmentation Fault.

Sometimes the crash itself isn't the real cause of the problem-- perhaps the memory got smashed at an earlier point but it took a while for the corruption to show itself. Check out valgrind, which has lots of checks for pointer problems (including array bounds checking). It'll tell you where the problem starts, not just the line where the crash occurs.