This is just what I needed! Thanks, Egor. (Sounds like, if the db really is frozen I'm not going to get anything regardless. sigh . . .) > (gdb) file $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle > (gdb) attach your_pid > (gdb) call ksudss(10) > (gdb) detach > > Strictly speaking, it doesn't matter to what process to attach. But in > gdb case you need to be sure that process is doing something or else > 'call ksudss(10)' will just hung. > > > -- > Egor > http://www.oracledba.ru/orasrp/ > Free Oracle Session Resource Profiler -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l