Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:42:21 -0400 From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ``Resource temporarily unavailable'' in vi Message-ID: <20030714224221.GA83394@pit.databus.com> In-Reply-To: <200307141808.32439@misha-mx.virtual-estates.net> References: <200307141808.32439@misha-mx.virtual-estates.net>
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On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 06:08:32PM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > Every once in a while, a vi-session dies on me with: > > input: Resource temporarily unavailable > > What does it mean, why does it happen, and how can I prevent it? I suspect vi's not handling an EAGAIN error return. I get this on -stable when ripping a cd with grip/cdda2wav. Are you doing something that runs at very high priority when it happens? Judging from the comments in /usr/src/sys/errno.h, it could also be that there is a resource deadlock and vi is not translating the errno correctly. Anyway, pending a fix in vi to handle retryable errors, the workaround is not to do whatever it is that you're doing at the same time. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.
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