[lug] Netscape Crash Trace

[D. Stimits]

Kyle Moore wrote:
> 
> No...I got tons of stuff. I just didn't know how much of it was relevant
> to the problem. Also, it doesn't cause a problem on Mozilla or Netscape
> 6.0 on the same box. I have also tested with different versions of
> Netscape and IE on different versions of Windows and had no problems.
> 
> This is a bit more of what I got. Even when I wasn't doing anything,
> Netscape kept the xterm (with strace in it) scolling.
> 
> --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) ---
> gettimeofday({1001450338, 35609}, NULL) = 0
> sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
> time(NULL)                              = 1001450338
> gettimeofday({1001450338, 46237}, NULL) = 0
> time(NULL)                              = 1001450338
> write(12, "\372", 1)                    = 1
> time(NULL)                              = 1001450338
> write(8, "\2\0\4\0\206\4\0\5\2\0\0\0\377\377\377\0F\0\7\0F\4\0\5"...,
> 2040) = 2040
> gettimeofday({1001450338, 46949}, NULL) = 0
> time(NULL)                              = 1001450338
> write(12, "\372", 1)                    = 1
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
> gettimeofday({1001450338, 47246}, NULL) = 0
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
> gettimeofday({1001450338, 47402}, NULL) = 0
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
> brk(0x92fe000)                          = 0x92fe000
> --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
> getpid()                                = 21648
> kill(21648, SIGBUS)                     = 0
> --- SIGBUS (Bus error) ---
> +++ killed by SIGBUS +++
> 
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The brk function is for kernel side memory allocation. So it probably
died trying to allocate memory. I'm curious how much ram this system
has, and whether it uses HIMEM patches? Btw, the Linux version of NS
does generate Bus error on good hardware at times.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com