I've done a "strace -f". The last system call from zsh is: 21344 rt_sigsuspend([] <unfinished ...>
which occurred at about the same time vlc was started. Then, beginning at the first SIGINT: 21345 --- SIGINT (Interrupt) @ 0 (0) --- 21345 time(NULL) = 1211583212 21345 sigreturn() = ? (mask now [ILL ABRT BUS FPE USR1 USR2 ALRM TERM CHLD CONT STOP TSTP TTIN URG VTALRM PROF WINCH]) 21345 ioctl(7, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 21345 poll( <unfinished ...> 21348 <... nanosleep resumed> NULL) = 0 21347 <... nanosleep resumed> NULL) = 0 21348 nanosleep({0, 50000000}, <unfinished ...> 21347 nanosleep({0, 50000000}, <unfinished ...> 21346 <... nanosleep resumed> NULL) = 0 [...] 21345 ioctl(7, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 21345 poll( <unfinished ...> 21347 <... nanosleep resumed> NULL) = 0 21347 nanosleep({0, 50000000}, <unfinished ...> 21346 <... nanosleep resumed> NULL) = 0 21346 nanosleep({0, 25000000}, <unfinished ...> 21349 <... nanosleep resumed> NULL) = 0 21349 nanosleep({0, 100000000}, <unfinished ...> 21348 <... nanosleep resumed> NULL) = 0 21348 nanosleep({0, 50000000}, <unfinished ...> 21346 <... nanosleep resumed> NULL) = 0 21346 nanosleep({0, 25000000}, <unfinished ...> 21347 <... nanosleep resumed> NULL) = 0 21347 nanosleep({0, 50000000}, <unfinished ...> 21346 <... nanosleep resumed> NULL) = 0 21346 nanosleep({0, 25000000}, <unfinished ...> 21348 <... nanosleep resumed> NULL) = 0 21348 nanosleep({0, 50000000}, <unfinished ...> 21346 <... nanosleep resumed> NULL) = 0 21346 nanosleep({0, 25000000}, <unfinished ...> 21345 <... poll resumed> [{fd=5, events=POLLIN}, {fd=7, events=POLLIN}], 2, 99) = ? ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK (To be restarted) 21345 --- SIGINT (Interrupt) @ 0 (0) --- 21345 time(NULL) = 1211583216 21345 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x10001e9c, [INT], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 21345 rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, {SIG_DFL}, {0x10001e9c, [HUP], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 21345 rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x10001e9c, [QUIT], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 21345 rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_IGN}, 8) = 0 21345 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_IGN}, 8) = 0 21345 write(2, "user insisted too much, dying ba"..., 36) = 36 21345 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [ABRT], NULL, 8) = 0 21345 tgkill(21345, 21345, SIGABRT) = 0 21345 --- SIGABRT (Aborted) @ 0 (0) --- 21349 <... nanosleep resumed> 0) = ? ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK (To be restarted) 21347 <... nanosleep resumed> 0) = ? ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK (To be restarted) 21348 <... nanosleep resumed> 0) = ? ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK (To be restarted) 21346 <... nanosleep resumed> 0) = ? ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK (To be restarted) The strace output ends here. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]