NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/os/linux/23806

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From: [e-mail] (Chris Patti)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: 0.98 pl5 SLS , SLS x, X8514 SIGALRM problems.
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Date: 12 Jan 93 21:48:18 GMT
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
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Hello.

I'm a relative newcomer to Linux but I have about 3 years of Unix under my
belt.

I'm currently expiriencing a situation which has perplexed me greatly for a few
weeks now and I was wondering if anyone else has expirienced it/knows a fix..

Whenever I port an X app, it compiles flawlessly (or with changes so minor as
not to even be worth mentioning).  but when I go to run it it inevitably dies
with SIGALRM directly upon startup. Usually after displaying its opening screen/
prompt.

I read the Linux FAQ, and found nothing SPECIFICALLY geared to this problem,
however, there IS an entry which mentions "OLD" versions of Bash sending SIGALRM
to their children...

I have version 1.12.4 of Bash for Linux (the one that came with SLS 0.98 pl5)
and notice that the binary versions of Bash that I see on FTP sites are 1.12
as well.. I can't get the FSF Bash to compile straight off prep.ai.mit.edu
(it tries to compile itself as if it were on a USG system and fails. ) so I
don't know what to do..

To reduce my query down to a simple question: Has *ANYONE* expirienced this same
problem, and if so did you find a solution? if you did, perhaps this should be
added to the FAQ?

Thanks in advance,
Chris Patti
[e-mail]