At 2:46 AM +0200 2003/09/27, Michael Rossberg wrote: > i want to announce the release of kismac 0.05f. Weird. Now I get a lockup (and spinning beachball) just by letting the program run for a few minutes. I did a ktrace on the process, and the output from kdump seems to indicate that the program is stuck in a tight loop somehow: 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714734/0x3f7641ee 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714734/0x3f7641ee 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714735/0x3f7641ef 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714735/0x3f7641ef 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf005fd50,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714736/0x3f7641f0 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf005fd50,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714736/0x3f7641f0 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714737/0x3f7641f1 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714737/0x3f7641f1 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714738/0x3f7641f2 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714738/0x3f7641f2 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714739/0x3f7641f3 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714739/0x3f7641f3 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714740/0x3f7641f4 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714740/0x3f7641f4 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714741/0x3f7641f5 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714741/0x3f7641f5 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714742/0x3f7641f6 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf005fd50,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714742/0x3f7641f6 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714743/0x3f7641f7 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714743/0x3f7641f7 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714744/0x3f7641f8 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714745/0x3f7641f9 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714745/0x3f7641f9 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf005fd50,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714746/0x3f7641fa 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714746/0x3f7641fa 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714747/0x3f7641fb 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714747/0x3f7641fb 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714748/0x3f7641fc 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714748/0x3f7641fc 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714749/0x3f7641fd 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf005fd50,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714749/0x3f7641fd 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714750/0x3f7641fe 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714750/0x3f7641fe 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714751/0x3f7641ff 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714751/0x3f7641ff 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714752/0x3f764200 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714752/0x3f764200 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714753/0x3f764201 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714753/0x3f764201 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714754/0x3f764202 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714754/0x3f764202 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf005fd50,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714755/0x3f764203 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714755/0x3f764203 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714756/0x3f764204 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714756/0x3f764204 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714757/0x3f764205 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714757/0x3f764205 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714758/0x3f764206 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714758/0x3f764206 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714759/0x3f764207 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714759/0x3f764207 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714760/0x3f764208 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf005fd50,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714760/0x3f764208 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714761/0x3f764209 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714761/0x3f764209 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714762/0x3f76420a 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714762/0x3f76420a 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714763/0x3f76420b 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf005fd50,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714763/0x3f76420b 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714764/0x3f76420c 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714764/0x3f76420c 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714765/0x3f76420d 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714765/0x3f76420d 2746 KisMAC CALL gettimeofday(0xf002f9d0,0) 2746 KisMAC RET gettimeofday 1064714766/0x3f76420e Is there anything else I can do to help debug this process? I can attach to the process with gdb, but I don't really know what I'm doing with it or how to use it to get any useful information. I don't even know how to get it to generate a coredump. -- Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@xxxxxxxxx> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)