Why I am so easily getting core dump?

[zhaogui]

I noticed that if I run "more .sh_history" I will easily get core dump, and if I run "xomni&", I will also get core file. Why?
here is my finding,
## file /core
/core: core file from 'xomni_manager' - received SIGSEGV

Thanks,

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

Can you show us your kernel parameter values:

# kmtune

What is your maxdsiz?

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

Also, what are you ulimit settings?

# ulimit

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[zhaogui]

please see the attachment for kmtune.txt

[zhaogui]

# ulimit
unlimited
Just curious, have you ever experienced my problem before?

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

No, I have not encountered a scenerio whereby more .sh_history generates a core dump.

Have you made any changes before this occurred? Are these the only two instances that core-dumped? Does cat .sh_history also core-dump?

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[Alex Glennie]

Perhaps we have 2 separate issues here ?

I'm aware the Xomni gui will often have problems when being displayed on PC X emulation packages - normally these are a direct result of the differences between the number of colours available on the PC and a native hp Xserver desktop.

If Xomni core dumps all the time and you are displaying it on a PC, try changing the number of colors to the PC's desktop to 256 so it resembles a native unix Xserver.

As to the .sh_history ....sorry not heard of anything like that before

[zhaogui]

For .sh_history, probably it is because there is binary data inside and it exits with memory fault(core dump). But it is ok when runing cat or strings file|more

For xomni, do you mean I have to reduce no of colors from High color(16bit) to 256? Why?
Is there any patch to fix it?

[Alex Glennie]

Yes, can you give it a go ..... while you do I'll see if it has been fixed or if there is a work-around. Why ? - probably because the Motif Gui was designed to run on HP's (unix) Xservers not a 3rd party one's ....native unix Xservers only ever have 256 colors !

[Alex Glennie · Accepted solution]

Depending on the result of changing the colors on the PC ie if doing so prevents Xomni from core dumping : you may want to try this with more colors set on the PC :

vi $HOME/.Xdefaults
*enableEtchedInMenu: False
wq!

or .... use the option 'xomni -cde' to start your Xomni GUI.

Hope this helps ....

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi Alex,

Can you help me out with my GCC depot swinstall problem as well?

Thanks in advance. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[Alex Glennie]

Steven,

If you still have problems let me know or drop me an email ..... but I see a rabbit has already popped his head out of a hat ... been away dealing with some UK Response Centre calls the last hour ....

[Deepak Extross]

By the way, you may want to do something about your points-allocation track record:

This member has assigned points to 13 of 184 responses to his/her questions.

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi Alex,

Yes, my problem has been solved. It was a silly mistake in /etc/hosts.

Thanks for offering to help. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong