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Re: Outstanding issues with current DLL?


Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 01:17:30PM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> >Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >>I could use a little more detail, however, like when this started
> >>failing.  It sounds like this could be related to Egor's changes to pty
> >>handling or, if this is very recent, to my signal handling changes.
> >>
> >
> >Sometime between 2/28 and 3/06, IIRC.  I could have been using a 2/23
> >prior to the 3/06 update though.  I really haven't had spare cycles for
> >tracking down problems recently.  Wish I could help find this problem.
> >It is definitely a race condition.  I just had one happen and started
> >another process while the other was hung just fine.
> 
> Can you detail the series of events that led to the hang?  Were you typing
> anything?  Or did it just hang immediately on starting bash via rxvt?
> 
> I don't use rxvt routinely but it sounds like I should be able to duplicate
> this.
> 

The hang happens after clicking on the icon on the desktop.  I've always
awaited for a bash prompt that never returns.  The first time it
happened was right after I installed after building on 3/06.  It
mysteriously went away and I've had it happen occasionally ever since.

Earnie.

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