On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

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> >A bit more info and correction.  It happens only when I work under
> >GNOME-2.4 environment.  If I use twm, no such problem.  It's also fine
> >when I remotely connect to the machine, even if gnome-session is
> >running.  The machine with 1.6ZF has exactly the same problem.
> >
> 
> That suggests that you should check the setting of signals under gnome 
> -- remember that ignoring a signal is inherited by child processes.  
> Also test using batch or cron, or when not running in X.

	Actually I remember something like this happening before. Isn't 
there an app that's part of gnome that watches for crashes and shows a 
dialog telling you the app crashed or some such? I thought I remember 
someone saying that it was masking certain signals improperly.


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