gdb5 lives for ever (on IRIX 6.5)

[Helmut Jarausch]

There are situations (probably after restarting a programm being
debugged) which
cause gdb5.0 to hang on my IRIX 6.5 box - taking lots of CPU time.
I can't kill it - even as root.
So I have to reboot my machine which is more than just a nuisance.

Has anybody made similar experiences and is there a cure to it?

Thanks for any hints,

Helmut Jarausch
Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
Institute of Technology, RWTH Aachen
D 52056 Aachen, Germany