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Package: gnome-terminal
Version: 2.22.0-1
Severity: normal
Today I found my open gnome-terminal could not create new terminal tabs:
There was an error creating the child process for this terminal
This message is not detailed enough, it should give some indication of
the error from libc or where-ever the error came from.
In my case, it was because gnome-terminal was using lots of memory and
as a result couldn't fork to run bash:
gettimeofday({1207558622, 492909}, NULL) = 0
geteuid32() = 1000
getuid32() = 1000
getegid32() = 1000
getgid32() = 1000
access("/bin/bash", X_OK) = 0
writev(11, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\0\235\0\0\0", 12}, {"
\26\234\277\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\335\300\370"..., 157}], 2) = 169
poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI, revents=POLLIN},
{fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=13, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 4, -1) = 1
read(11, "GIOP\1\2\1\1\\\0\0\0", 12) = 12
read(11, " \26\234\277\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\1\1\1\1\1"..., 92) = 92
write(18, "\6\0\0\0", 4) = 4
read(18, "\1\0\0\0", 4) = 4
read(18, "\220\367\4\10", 4) = 4
recvmsg(18, {msg_name(0)=NULL,
msg_iov(1)=[{"\277\351{\267w\1\0\0\36...@\0\0\0\0\200&}\267\10\'2\32"...,
2048}], msg_controllen=16, {cmsg_len=16, cmsg_level=SOL_SOCKET,
cmsg_type=SCM_RIGHTS, {15}}, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 1
recvmsg(18, {msg_name(0)=NULL,
msg_iov(1)=[{"\277\351{\267w\1\0\0\36...@\0\0\0\0\200&}\267\10\'2\32"...,
2048}], msg_controllen=16, {cmsg_len=16, cmsg_level=SOL_SOCKET,
cmsg_type=SCM_RIGHTS, {31}}, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 1
pipe([36, 37]) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
child_tidptr=0xb6d23768) = -1 ENOMEM (Cannot allocate memory)
close(36) = 0
close(37) = 0
close(15) = 0
close(31) = 0
open("/dev/ptmx", O_RDWR) = 15
fcntl64(15, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR)
fcntl64(15, F_SETFL, O_RDWR) = 0
ioctl(15, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(15, TIOCGPTN, [20]) = 0
stat64("/dev/pts/20", {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 20), ...}) = 0
ioctl(15, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(15, TIOCGPTN, [20]) = 0
stat64("/dev/pts/20", {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 20), ...}) = 0
statfs("/dev/pts/20", {f_type="DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC", f_bsize=4096, f_blocks=0,
f_bfree=0, f_bavail=0, f_files=0, f_ffree=0, f_fsid={0, 0}, f_namelen=255,
f_frsize=4096}) = 0
ioctl(15, TIOCSPTLCK, [0]) = 0
pipe([31, 36]) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
child_tidptr=0xb6d23768) = -1 ENOMEM (Cannot allocate memory)
close(31) = 0
close(36) = 0
close(15) = 0
Please fix this message to be more detailed and therefore useful. A
Google search shows that there are numerous causes to this error
message, and in all instances they are mysterious to end-users.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gnome-terminal depends on:
ii gnome-control-center 1:2.22.0-2 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii gnome-terminal-data 2.22.0-1 Data files for the GNOME terminal
ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libbonobo2-0 2.22.0-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgconf2-4 2.22.0-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.2-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.20.1.1-1 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomeui-0 2.20.1.1-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.9-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.12-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
hi libpango1.0-0 1.20.0-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libstartup-notification0 0.9-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libvte9 1:0.16.13-1 Terminal emulator widget for GTK+
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii scrollkeeper 0.3.14-16 A free electronic cataloging syste
Versions of packages gnome-terminal recommends:
ii yelp 2.22.0-1 Help browser for GNOME 2
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bye,
pabs
http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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