Problem viewing gcore of 32 bit binary on 64 bit SLES 10.1, gdb 6.6

[Shane G <pachoo at gmail dot com>]

Hello,

Apologies if this has been answered, I expect it has, but I haven't
been able to find the solution.

I'm unable to view any usable information from a gcore that I've run
against a 32 bit binary running on a 64 bit version of SLES 10.1.
This binary doesn't have any debugging symbols for most of it, however
when I initially attach to the process I can get some information from
it.  Any idea on what I'm doing wrong?

Here's the output of file for the binary
emg-vm-suse10-1-x86-64:~ # file /my/32bit/process
/my/32bit/process: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1
(SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, dynamically linked (uses shared libs),
for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, stripped


Here's the output when I try to view the core file on the same box
emg-vm-suse10-1-x86-64:~ # gdb /my/32bit/process my_32bit_process_core

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This GDB was configured as "x86_64-suse-linux"...
(no debugging symbols found)
Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".

warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error.
...
Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libpthread.so.0...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libpthread.so.0
Reading symbols from /lib/libnsl.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnsl.so.1
Reading symbols from /my/32bit/lib/libstdc++.so.5...done.
Loaded symbols for /my/32bit/lib/libstdc++.so.5
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /my/32bit/lib/libgcc_s.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /my/32bit/liblib/libgcc_s.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_dns.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_dns.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libresolv.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libresolv.so.2

warning: Couldn't recognize general-purpose registers in core file.

warning: Lowest section in system-supplied DSO at 0xffffe000 is .hash
at ffffe0b4
Core was generated by `/my/32bit/process'.

warning: Couldn't recognize general-purpose registers in core file.

warning: Couldn't recognize general-purpose registers in core file.
#0  0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00000000 in ?? ()

Here's the uname output
emg-vm-suse10-1-x86-64:~ # uname -a
Linux emg-vm-suse10-1-x86-64 2.6.16.46-0.12-default #1 Thu May 17
14:00:09 UTC 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I've tried specifying "set solib-absolute-path /" to no avail as well.