From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5149 invoked by alias); 14 Feb 2006 01:05:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 5141 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Feb 2006 01:05:05 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from cgf.cx (HELO cgf.cx) (24.61.23.223) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:05:04 +0000 Received: by cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id 0B22813C0F8; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:05:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:33:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.5.7: Problem with tcsh 6.12.00-7 / sed 4.0.8-1 Message-ID: <20060214010503.GE22242@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2006-02/txt/msg00468.txt.bz2 On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 03:15:16PM -0700, Stewart Midwinter wrote: >From: Michael Brand brand.scso.com> >>I disabled one of the CPUs on my dual-CPU Xeon, and everything started working >well, so I guess this is a dual-cpu problem. > >> I tried running my scripts on several dual-CPU Xeons (different >> computer models, but all of them HPs), ... snip ... >> it generally crashes an hour or two later, at the most. > >Joining the party a *little* late here ... :-) > >I too have a dual-CPU Xeon made by HP and it too has a problem with a >tcsh script hanging when it runs for a long time (it's a polling >script). We suspect that it might have to do with forking, but are >unable to test that theory at this time. > >Apart from disabling the 2nd CPU (which kind of defeats the purpose of >having such a machine!), did you ever find any other solution? Yes. Upgrade from Cygwin 1.5.7. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/