From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030206 Description of problem: Since Phoebe 3 (Phoebe 8.0.94), the kernel introduces a mention of an application bug, triggered by programs like "xterm" and parts of Anaconda : "application bug: xterm(7260) has SIGCHLD set to SIG_IGN but calls wait(). (see the NOTES section of 'man 2 wait'). Workaround activated." Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start "xterm" 2. Type something inside xterm. 3. "dmesg" Actual Results: "application bug: xterm(7260) has SIGCHLD set to SIG_IGN but calls wait(). (see the NOTES section of 'man 2 wait'). Workaround activated." Expected Results: No application bug. Additional info: kernel-2.4.20-2.48 glibc-2.3.1-46 Phoebe 8.0.94
that's the app being buggy... not the kernel. but please make sure you've updated phoebe to other parts too, eg utemper etc
Hmm.. okay, updated to "utempter-0.5.2-16" fixes described problem. Reassigning component from 'kernel' to 'utempter' and closing bug. Thanks!