> I have the same problem, it's quite annoying to see a machine crashing when
> debugging simple c-prog without any special privileges.

First, ftp the following:

ftp.torfree.net:/pub/bin/kvm-amiga.tar.gz

Then make sure you have a REAL current kernel.  I found a bug in procfs
about a month ago that causes GDB to crash the system (or fail, or...)
You need to incorporate this fix.