[root@test81 /root]# rpm -qf /usr/bin/gnome-terminal gnome-core-1.0.39-10 Core was generated by `gnome-terminal --sm-config-prefix /gnome-terminal-BCKBH5/ --sm-client-id 11cfaf'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. (gdb) bt #0 0x403f34e1 in __kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x403f3156 in raise (sig=6) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:27 #2 0x403f4868 in abort () at ../sysdeps/generic/abort.c:88 #3 0x40081df6 in gnome_segv_handle () from /usr/lib/libgnomeui.so.32 #4 0x403f3408 in __restore () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sigaction.c:127 #5 0x403c48d8 in vt_draw_selection () from /usr/lib/libzvt.so.2 #6 0x403ca579 in zvt_term_button_release () from /usr/lib/libzvt.so.2 #7 0x401c1719 in gtk_marshal_BOOL__POINTER () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #8 0x401ee45b in gtk_signal_real_emit () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #9 0x401ec575 in gtk_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #10 0x4022177c in gtk_widget_event () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #11 0x401c1672 in gtk_propagate_event () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #12 0x401c08ca in gtk_main_do_event () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #13 0x4026b00b in gdk_event_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libgdk-1.2.so.0 #14 0x403a8be6 in g_main_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0 #15 0x403a91a1 in g_main_iterate () from /usr/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0 #16 0x403a9341 in g_main_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0 #17 0x401c0209 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 #18 0x8051ba4 in new_terminal () #19 0x8051bc6 in main () #20 0x403ed1eb in __libc_start_main (main=0x8051bb0 <main>, argc=5, argv=0xbffffb94, init=0x804b64c <_init>, fini=0x8051bfc <_fini>, rtld_fini=0x4000a610 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbffffb8c) at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:90 How I triggered it: ------------------- Opened a gnome-terminal rpm -Va &> somefile Opened another gnome terminal Had default window settings so focus did not transfer when I began typing in other window... did a couple of ^U to try and clear text. Worked in other terminal for a short while and noticed nothing was happening in first terminal. Switched focus to first terminal and tried a ^S^Q combo to see if I had locked up earlier. Bingo gnome reports that gnome-terminal had locked up.
Can you provide some instructions for reproducing this? I can't seem to do it using the "How I triggered it" ones.
No instructions given on reproducing, so am closing.