Re: [CentOS] Frequent Gnome Terminal crashes in CentOS 5.1

2008-06-04 Thread Alfred von Campe

On May 29, 2008, at 20:58, Filipe Brandenburger wrote:

strace seems fine, just use some options to enhance the output you  
get:
-s 1024: take 1024 bytes for every string. This wouldn't have cut  
that one short

-tt: if you want timestamps
-f: to follow forked processes


I started strace with those parameters, but the strace output did not  
change:


18:55:21 read(3, "\1\365\342\34\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0 
\0\20\0\0\0\234?\37\10", 32) = 32

18:55:21 write(3, "\0\0\2\0\1\0\1\0", 8) = 8
18:55:21 read(3, "\0\1\343\34\371\377?\3\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\10\0 
\0\0\317U\t\10\0\0\0\0", 32) = 32

18:55:21 open("/usr/share/X11/XErrorDB", O_RDONLY) = 25
18:55:21 fstat64(25, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=37949, ...}) = 0
18:55:21 read(25, "! $Xorg: XErrorDB,v 1.3 2000/08/"..., 37949) = 37949
18:55:21 close(25)  = 0
18:55:21 write(2, "The program \'gnome-terminal\' rec"..., 592) = 592
18:55:21 close(18)  = 0
18:55:21 kill(26097, SIGTERM)   = 0
18:55:21 writev(14, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0", 12}], 1) = 12
18:55:21 close(14)  = 0
18:55:21 writev(15, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0", 12}], 1) = 12
18:55:21 close(15)  = 0
18:55:21 writev(13, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0", 12}], 1) = 12
18:55:21 close(13)  = 0
18:55:21 writev(11, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0", 12}], 1) = 12
18:55:21 close(11)  = 0
18:55:21 close(9)   = 0
18:55:21 close(8)   = 0
18:55:21 unlink("/tmp/orbit-kb12698/linc-65ef-0-4ceb1113e5b63") = 0
18:55:21 close(12)  = 0
18:55:21 exit_group(1)  = ?

However, this time we started the gnome-terminal process from an  
xterm, and here is what appeared on the screen after the crash:


** (gnome-terminal:26095): WARNING **: No handler for control  
sequence `device-control-string' defined.  [there were a bunch of  
these lines, I think it happened before the crash]

The program 'gnome-terminal' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)'.
  (Details: serial 19864803 error_code 1 request_code 0 minor_code 0)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error()  
function.)


I will try to follow the instructions in the output to capture a  
better error next time.  I should probably also recompile gnome- 
terminal with symbol information...


Alfred



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Re: [CentOS] Frequent Gnome Terminal crashes in CentOS 5.1

2008-05-30 Thread Alfred von Campe

On May 29, 2008, at 20:58, Filipe Brandenburger wrote:

strace seems fine, just use some options to enhance the output you  
get:
-s 1024: take 1024 bytes for every string. This wouldn't have cut  
that one short

-tt: if you want timestamps
-f: to follow forked processes


Great suggestion.  I didn't know about the -s switch.  I'll change  
the strace to use all those options and wait for it to fail again.


Alfred

P.S.  There was nothing interesting in any of the log files.
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Re: [CentOS] Frequent Gnome Terminal crashes in CentOS 5.1

2008-05-29 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Filipe Brandenburger
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Alfred von Campe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>  write(2, "The program \'gnome-terminal\' rec"..., 592) = 592
>
> This looks interesting, but unfortunately you cut the message too
> short to know what it was saying... You might find it in
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log, but I wouldn't bet on that.

Try ~/.xsession-errors, that's a more likely place to find the error message.

HTH,
Filipe
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Re: [CentOS] Frequent Gnome Terminal crashes in CentOS 5.1

2008-05-29 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Alfred von Campe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  write(2, "The program \'gnome-terminal\' rec"..., 592) = 592

This looks interesting, but unfortunately you cut the message too
short to know what it was saying... You might find it in
/var/log/Xorg.0.log, but I wouldn't bet on that.

> Is there a better way than strace to get some information on this crash?

strace seems fine, just use some options to enhance the output you get:
-s 1024: take 1024 bytes for every string. This wouldn't have cut that one short
-tt: if you want timestamps
-f: to follow forked processes

I almost always call strace like this:

$ strace -f -tt -s 1024 -o /tmp/strace_PROCESSNAME.$$ PIDOFTHEPROCESS

Try to do it again and you might find out what gnome-terminal was
trying to tell you.

HTH,
Filipe
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Re: [CentOS] Frequent Gnome Terminal crashes in CentOS 5.1

2008-05-29 Thread MHR
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Alfred von Campe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Fresh install via kickstart.  I reformatted the root and /boot partitions,
> but left one user partition untouched.
>
> I don't think this is possible since I reformatted the root partition (I
> only have /, /boot, and /scratch partitions in addition to a swap
> partition).
>
> The process ends without leaving a trace unfortunately (at least that I can
> find).  I did have an strace running on one system attached to the
> gnone-terminal process and it finally died after 5 days or so.  Here are the
> last 20 lines from the log:
>

Is it possible you have some kind of time-out set, like an idle time
cut-off?  If it's only happening at night, this might explain it.

I have Seamonkey crashes and strange behavior related to nautilus
windows when I try to open Netowrk Connections, but I've never seen or
heard of anything like this.

mhr
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Re: [CentOS] Frequent Gnome Terminal crashes in CentOS 5.1

2008-05-29 Thread Alfred von Campe

On May 29, 2008, at 14:48, Johnny Hughes wrote:


How did you upgrade?


Fresh install via kickstart.  I reformatted the root and /boot  
partitions, but left one user partition untouched.


Is it possible that you have older (possibly orphaned) binaries  
still installed from the upgrade process?


I don't think this is possible since I reformatted the root partition  
(I only have /, /boot, and /scratch partitions in addition to a swap  
partition).



If this is from a NEW install, then we need more info to help.


The process ends without leaving a trace unfortunately (at least that  
I can find).  I did have an strace running on one system attached to  
the gnone-terminal process and it finally died after 5 days or so.   
Here are the last 20 lines from the log:


  open("/usr/share/X11/XErrorDB", O_RDONLY) = 27
  fstat64(27, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=37949, ...}) = 0
  read(27, "! $Xorg: XErrorDB,v 1.3 2000/08/"..., 37949) = 37949
  close(27)   = 0
  write(2, "The program \'gnome-terminal\' rec"..., 592) = 592
  close(18)   = 0
  kill(15700, SIGTERM)= 0
  writev(14, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0", 12}], 1) = 12
  close(14)   = 0
  writev(15, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0", 12}], 1) = 12
  close(15)   = 0
  writev(13, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0", 12}], 1) = 12
  close(13)   = 0
  writev(11, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\5\0\0\0\0", 12}], 1) = 12
  close(11)   = 0
  close(9)= 0
  close(8)= 0
  unlink("/tmp/orbit-kb12698/linc-3d51-0-2491c193d89b6") = 0
  close(12)   = 0
  exit_group(1)   = ?

Is there a better way than strace to get some information on this crash?

Alfred

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Re: [CentOS] Frequent Gnome Terminal crashes in CentOS 5.1

2008-05-29 Thread Johnny Hughes

Alfred von Campe wrote:
Ever since I upgraded all my systems to CentOS 5.1 I have been getting 
reports from users about "all their windows disappearing".  A little 
digging revealed that they meant all gnome-terminal windows.  Since 
there is only one gnome-terminal process by default for all your open 
terminal windows and tabs, a crash of that process means losing all your 
terminal windows.  These crashes often (but not always) occur over night 
when the system is otherwise idle.


A quick Google search found a problem on Ubuntu related to VTE (the 
terminal emulator widget used by gnome-terminal) but not much else of 
interest.  Has anyone on this list experienced this?  I find it hard to 
believe I'm the only one.  I never saw this issue while running CentOS 
4.X on these systems...




How did you upgrade?

I am running CentOS-5 on many workstations that stay on all the time and 
 I have never had the gnome-terminal crash.


Is it possible that you have older (possibly orphaned) binaries still 
installed from the upgrade process?


If this is from a NEW install, then we need more info to help.



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Re: [CentOS] Frequent Gnome Terminal crashes in CentOS 5.1

2008-05-29 Thread Gregg McClintic
On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 14:23 -0400, Alfred von Campe wrote:
> Ever since I upgraded all my systems to CentOS 5.1 I have been  
> getting reports from users about "all their windows disappearing".  A  
> little digging revealed that they meant all gnome-terminal windows.   
> Since there is only one gnome-terminal process by default for all  
> your open terminal windows and tabs, a crash of that process means  
> losing all your terminal windows.  These crashes often (but not  
> always) occur over night when the system is otherwise idle.
> 
> A quick Google search found a problem on Ubuntu related to VTE (the  
> terminal emulator widget used by gnome-terminal) but not much else of  
> interest.  Has anyone on this list experienced this?  I find it hard  
> to believe I'm the only one.  I never saw this issue while running  
> CentOS 4.X on these systems...
> 
> Alfred
> 

I've seen extreme slow gnome terminals in the past on Cent 5, I even
downgraded the package for the terminal to make it work better. 

Never had it close randomly. I have however had applications randomly
close other then the terminal. 

Gregg. 


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[CentOS] Frequent Gnome Terminal crashes in CentOS 5.1

2008-05-29 Thread Alfred von Campe
Ever since I upgraded all my systems to CentOS 5.1 I have been  
getting reports from users about "all their windows disappearing".  A  
little digging revealed that they meant all gnome-terminal windows.   
Since there is only one gnome-terminal process by default for all  
your open terminal windows and tabs, a crash of that process means  
losing all your terminal windows.  These crashes often (but not  
always) occur over night when the system is otherwise idle.


A quick Google search found a problem on Ubuntu related to VTE (the  
terminal emulator widget used by gnome-terminal) but not much else of  
interest.  Has anyone on this list experienced this?  I find it hard  
to believe I'm the only one.  I never saw this issue while running  
CentOS 4.X on these systems...


Alfred

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