Looks like the core dumps are a symptom of something sick about your machine. Have you made any changes to central components of the software? If you can find an application that crashes you can start in a terminal window, then you will often get a clue printed.
derek On Tuesday 03 Dec 2002 2:58 pm, kjc wrote: > GNOME 2. > The log out core dumps occur as well. > Besides that. My mouse freezes at the GDM login prompt. > I reboot to find all my settings have been lost (mail etc...) > And, this time. The GNOME task bar is missing. > I think that all of this is related to the XServer. It desperately needs > some work. > > kjc wrote: > > I found that the core dumps occur upon log out from both the task bar > > and the pull down menu. > > KDE 3.0 > > So I switched to GNOME 2. > > Let's see if GNOME 2, gives me the same behavior. > > > > Derek Jennings wrote: > >>Core dumps are an entirely normal part of running Linux. Anytime an > >>application 'segfaults' a diagnostic dump is produced. If you run flaky > >>applications then core dumps are the consequence. > >> > >>However ordinary users are generally not interested in core dumps and > >> wish to suppress them. This is easily done by inserting the command > >>ulimit -c 0 in the file ~/.bash_profile for a single user, or > >> /etc/profile for all users. > >> > >>Looking at my own system. My laptop is producing coredumps (because I > >> keep running Opera 6.1 which crashes regularly) and I can see the > >> current setting by typing ulimit -a is to allow core dumps up to 1MB in > >> size > >> > >>On the other hand ulimit -a on my desktop machine tells me that coredump > >> size is set to zero, and I am not getting core dumps. > >> > >>So clearly there is a difference in the way my two computers are > >> configured. The only difference that comes to mind is that the /home > >> directory on the desktop was from a previous 8.2 install, while the > >> laptop was a clean install. > >> > >>I will take a closer look to find out where the coredump size is being > >> set. > >> > >>derek > >> > >>On Tuesday 03 Dec 2002 2:05 pm, kjc wrote: > >>>I'm running the ftp 9.0 version. > >>> > >>>Dennis Myers wrote: > >>>>On Monday 02 December 2002 06:09 pm, kjc wrote: > >>>>>So far. Since installing MDK 9.0. I have experienced atleast ten core > >>>>>dumps. While running various tools etc.. > >>>>>What is up with that !!! > >>>> > >>>>What set up are you running? I have had 9.0 running since beta 1 and > >>>>through 3 rc's and a final and now the store bought power pack and had > >>>> no core dumps? I am always amazed at the variation in problems showing > >>>> up on the list, course it isn't any dif than problems associated with > >>>> that other OS as far as I can see, but it must have to do with the > >>>> possible permutations of hardware running the software. Oh, I did > >>>> have a problem early on with shutdowns, but that was cause I put the > >>>> heatsink on my Duron processor backwards and it wasn't even seated, > >>>> hot stuff! Lucky the processor still runs. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>- > >>>> > >>>>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >>>>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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