Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:32:30 -0800 (PST) From: Edwin Culp <edwinlculp@yahoo.com> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>, Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Signal 6's with ruby apps such as portupgrade and pkg Message-ID: <20040113023230.92474.qmail@web13005.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <39970000.1073946753@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net>
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--- Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> wrote: > > > --On Monday, January 12, 2004 14:15:34 -0800 Doug > White > <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Edwin Culp wrote: > > > >> I'm seeing signal 6's with ruby apps such as > pkgdb > >> and portupgrade also with gaim-0.75, mkisofs. > I'm > >> seeing signal 11's with kdm. This is with > today's > >> world and kernel. I also got a signal 15 on > syslogd > >> but I was able to start it without a problem > after the > >> machine came up to multiuser. > > > > Sig15 is pretty normal on a shutdown as its the > normal SIGTERM. Sig6 is > > SIGABRT and is usually caused by a serious (but > detected) program problem. > > Sig11 is more serious, usually a program bug, but > can be caused by bad > > memory or system temperature issues. > FWIW, I upgraded (with portupgrade) gaim from > 0.74_3(IIRC) to 0.75, and > started getting SIGABRT/SIGSEGV (SIG 6/SIG 11) from > it. > > Joe Marcus Clarke had me: > > ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf > > which seems to get around a malloc(3) bug in gaim > 0.75. > > Just my $0.02. Thanks, Larry. It worked for me. I have no idea why but I did a quick check with vnc and it worked. That is what it's all about :-) Thanks again, ed > > LER > > > -- > Larry Rosenman > http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: > ler@lerctr.org > US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX > 75044-6749 > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus
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