Gentoo and core files

[styzzo]

Now, I hate asking something that's already been asked, but after some searching on the forums and some googling, no luck. In short, Gaim crashes on me frequently. I'd like to try and diagnose the problem myself, rather than bother Sean and Rob, the two overworked developers. I'd like Gaim to generate a core file when it crashes, but it doesn't. According to some documentation I've read, how/where/whether this core file is generated is dependent on the OS. How can I have core files generated when programs crash?
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[rac]

Try your shell's ulimit builtin.
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