[aclug-L] Re: Gnome Core Dump

["James G." <jamesga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nathan & Jenny wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Another question....
>
> I've been struggling with my Linux.  Many things have been going wrong.  In
> my search for answers, I found a post on Gnome's troubleshooting site.  It
> said something about a yellow face icon The  on the desktop,
> indicating a core dump.  I'd be willing to bet it's close to the source of
> my problems.  What does the core dump mean?  I tried to open it up with
> GEdit, but it's unreadable.  How do I fix it?
>
> Nate Cozzens
> Learning Linux for relief.

The core dump icon is just a graphical representation of the core dump file.
The file sometimes occurs when a program crashes (which is normal) to report
debugging information to programers.
In Gnome, I believe you must right click over the icon and select remove or
delete. All this does not affect the normal operation of linux.

james