kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 09:44:51PM -0500, Anthony Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have two questions: > > > > 1. Bash segfaults when I hit tab to autocomplete a filename. I > > have checked the bash FAQ which does not address my specific > > problem. Has anyone seen this? > > What version of bash? In my case: > > $ bash --version GNU bash, version 2.04.0(1)-release > (i386-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright 1999 Free Software Foundation, > Inc.
GNU bash, version 2.04.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu) > > You've posted this problem before and we've tried a couple of things > (keysyms, strace), without results. The problem is odd, I'd try at > this point: strace didn't work because auto completion using the tab key doesn't function correctly. i used gdb to debug a bash process and found the stacktrace to be failing in libreadline::autocomplete. the weird thing is that sometimes it works fine and sometimes it fails. i can't duplicate the stacktrace because bash is working fine right now. > - Check bash bug reports. - Keyboard test. This appears to be > related to the problem. - Identify parameters of problem. - > Memory test. Possible but unlikely if bash is the only problem. > - Reinstall bash. I recompiled bash from a source .deb. Last night, while /bin/bash was segfaulting, I ran the newly compiled bash and it worked just fine. The differences in sizes of the binaries is large. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls -l bash-2.04/bash -rwxr-xr-x 1 ant ant 1527145 Mar 18 21:54 bash-2.04/bash* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls -l /bin/bash -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 404340 Nov 20 17:38 /bin/bash* The newly compiled binary is almost quadruple the size of the installed binary. It is compiled for i686-pc-linux-gnu, but I wouldn't think that would make such a difference. Should I install this version? If so, how do I install a binary that I have compiled from source? > > 2. I log in at the console, /etc/motd is printed, and then I am > > logged out. I have seen this problem on a box where home > > directories where NFS mounted and the NFS mount did not exist. My > > particular box does not have home directories mounted, but my > > partition table looks like: > > Does this happen when logging in as a regular user, as root, either? Both. Like the bash problem, it happens half the time and half the time my box works just fine. That is why I think the problems are related. > Does /etc/nologin exist? > > Check your .bash_profile and .bashrc files, as well as any > /etc/bashrc and /etc/profile files. You might try renaming these > temporarily. I have checked the startup scripts, there is no problem with them. /etc/nologin does not exist. Plus, I can log in just fine half the time. Thanks for your help. Anthony
