On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 6:55 PM Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 1:53 PM varun bali <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > We are facing segmentation fault in vim-enhanced rpm, when we are opening > > two or more files simultaneously from vim on same server, then if we reboot > > the system vim generates core/crashes. Attaching gdb log for same and core > > file for same. > > STEPS to reproduce: > > 1) open any two files simultaneously on same server using two diffrent > > terminals of same system. > > 2) Open another 3rd terminal and do a restart there, > > 3) After restart when system is up we see vim core is generated by > > vim-enhanced rpm for ALMALINUX8. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Varun Bali > > I agree that crashes should never happen; however, halting (or > rebooting) the machine regularly while Vim (and some other programs > including, among others, Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey) are left > running is courting disaster. > > The following applies to Linux; similar procedures apply /mutatis > mutandis/ to other platforms: > Before you close down the system (other than by an unforeseen citywide > power mains blackout) I recommend to: > - quit any running instance of Vim or gvim by :qa or :xa > - quit any running browser or mailer, usually by Ctrl-Q > - quit any "risky" GUI, I don't have an exhaustive list of them > - exit (log out of) any Linux console (normally it's Ctrl-Alt-F1 to > Ctrl-Alt-F6, come back by Ctrl-Alt-F7)
-- P.S. Sometimes Ctrl-Alt-F7 is an X11 login form and Ctrl-Alt-F8 is your GUI display session. > - wait 5 minutes, or at least until "ps -A |less" lists no browser, > mailer or (g)vim instance > *Then* you can safely trigger a system shutdown or reboot. > > Best regards, > Tony. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/CAJkCKXtMH%3DriT2u%3DS9XzRb_%2BV9ozPDotgpDg7QdqvSiqCh_7YQ%40mail.gmail.com.
