I think that what you need to know and want to see is the following:
Core was generated by `./penumbra.bin'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0 0xf79e9f7a in alcCloseDevice () from ./lib/libopenal.so.0
(gdb) thread apply all bt full
Thread 1 (process 14644):
#0 0xf79e9f7a in alcCloseDevice () from ./lib/libopenal.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#1 0x009c7650 in _r_debug ()
No symbol table info available.
#2 0x08c8e518 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#3 0x08327e2b in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#4 0x0831f496 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#5 0x0831f5b6 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#6 0x082bef1f in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#7 0x08289174 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#8 0x0826c9d0 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#9 0x080ef285 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#10 0x0810e530 in ?? ()
Hope that helps.
System:
Fedora 7 x86_64
Kernel: 2.6.22.5-76.fc7
ALSA: 1.0.14
Edit
Forgot the hpl.log file... DONE
Just to see if might also help, here are the contents of my /etc/openalrc file:
;;(define devices '(alsa native))
;; uncomment this to output via the 2nd soundcard
;;(define alsa-device "plughw:2,0")