Core dumps...

[Adam K Kirchhoff]

Matthew Dillon wrote:

:This started happening this morning:
:
:[ adamk at sorrow - ~ ]: gnome-terminal 
:Fatal error 'gc cannot wait for a signal' at line ? in file /usr/src/lib/libc_r/uthread/uthread_gc.c (errno = ?)
:Abort trap (core dumped)
:
:Same for mozilla, thunderbird, firefox, etc..
:
:I left my machine, brushed my teeth, came back, and suddenly it's working again.  Any ideas what happened? 
:
:Adam

   Ah, interesting.  I think this is related to the reports of clock problems,
   e.g. people's clocks going too fast or too slow.
   My guess is that clock_gettime(), which calls nanotime() in the kernel,
   is getting an illegal nanoseconds field.
   I've been trying to find that bug for weeks, I'll focus on checking the
   nanoseconds calculation tomorrow.  Er, later today.
					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

 

Oh good...  Then the CMOS battery isn't dying on my brand new machine! 
:-)  That hopefully explains the clock problems I've noticed.

Adam