$ coredumpctl gdb 5503 PID: 5503 (Xorg.bin) UID: 1000 (jb) GID: 1000 (jb) Signal: 6 (ABRT) Timestamp: Mon 2014-12-22 12:23:58 CET (1h 44min ago) Command Line: /usr/bin/Xorg.bin -nolisten tcp :0 vt1 -auth /tmp/serverauth.IwCQM2TIdH vt1 Executable: /usr/bin/Xorg.bin Control Group: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/session-c4.scope Unit: session-c4.scope Slice: user-1000.slice Session: c4 Owner UID: 1000 (jb) Boot ID: d90efc766674456f8614f2a6e07a6a0f Machine ID: 483c04c801e64b7d9a8718a29c59b9b7 Hostname: myhost Coredump: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.Xorg\x2ebin.1000.d90efc766674456f8614f2a6e07a6a0f.5503.1419247438000000.lz4 Message: Process 5503 (Xorg.bin) of user 1000 dumped core. GNU gdb (GDB) 7.8.1 Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: . Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: . For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"... Reading symbols from /usr/bin/Xorg.bin...(no debugging symbols found)...done. [New LWP 5503] warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-gate.so.1. Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"? [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `/usr/bin/Xorg.bin -nolisten tcp :0 vt1 -auth /tmp/serverauth.IwCQM2TIdH vt1'. Program terminated with signal SIGABRT, Aborted. #0 0xb777dbac in __kernel_vsyscall () (gdb) bt #0 0xb777dbac in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb739ff47 in raise () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 #2 0xb73a1589 in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 #3 0x081e5f59 in OsAbort () #4 0x081ec5bc in FatalError () #5 0x080e1d5a in ?? () #6 0x080e270c in xf86CloseConsole () #7 0x080bc73d in ddxGiveUp () #8 0x080bc7e5 in AbortDDX () #9 0x081ebc5f in ?? () #10 0x081ec5f4 in FatalError () #11 0x080e1d5a in ?? () #12 0x080e1ff9 in xf86OpenConsole () #13 0x080be575 in InitOutput () #14 0x0807d75a in ?? () #15 0x0806774a in ?? () #16 0xb738be5e in __libc_start_main () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 #17 0x08067778 in _start () (gdb)