Comment 12 for bug 386676

(In reply to comment #11)
> Finally, after almost a year, someone hit the same bug :D
> I started thinking there was something wrong with both my PCs.
> Antoine, since valgrind output isn't useful you should use memprof to gather
> more info, but I haven't been able to use it successfully.
>

I tried to find informations regarding the usage of memprof. The problem is the project seems quite old (unmaintained?) and no package is available for Ubuntu in Jaunty Jackalope. I therefore pulled the sources from ftp.gnome.org and tried to build it but I was unsuccessful.

While ./configure is alright, make fails...

stack-frame.c: In function 'mi_call_with_signal_backtrace':
stack-frame.c:155: error: 'stack_frame' undeclared (first use in this function)
stack-frame.c:155: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
stack-frame.c:155: error: for each function it appears in.)
stack-frame.c:155: error: 'frame' undeclared (first use in this function)
stack-frame.c:159: warning: left-hand operand of comma expression has no effect
stack-frame.c:159: warning: value computed is not used
stack-frame.c:161: warning: implicit declaration of function 'next_frame'
stack-frame.c:161: warning: left-hand operand of comma expression has no effect
stack-frame.c:161: warning: value computed is not used
stack-frame.c:163: warning: implicit declaration of function 'frame_return_address'
stack-frame.c:163: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
make[2]: *** [stack-frame.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/antoine/downloads/memprof-0.6'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/antoine/downloads/memprof-0.6'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any advice on how to get memprof working on Ubuntu Jaunty?
Where can I find useful documentation?
Is memprof the only way to get information regarding memory usage of programs?

Regarding my setup, I use Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope with packages from xorg-edger PPA which means I use
 kernel 2.6.30
 ati driver with git (2009 06 11)
Detailed information can be found at https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa

My card is
(--) PCI:*(0@1:5:0) ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Xpress 1250 rev 0, Mem @ 0xd8000000/134217728, 0xd0100000/65536, I/O @ 0x00009000/256

regards,