Reg, by experiment, I can reproduce the 'Killed' error if I reduce the vmemoryuse limit. Have the default limits changed between updates? [root@dev1 ~]# cat hello.c #include <stdio.h> int i[100000000]; main() { fprintf(stderr,"hello\n"); while (0 == 0) {} } [root@dev1 ~]# limit cputime unlimited filesize unlimited datasize unlimited stacksize unlimited coredumpsize 0 kbytes memoryuse unlimited vmemoryuse 10240 kbytes descriptors 1024 memorylocked 32 kbytes maxproc 12286 [root@dev1 ~]# ./a.out Killed The coredumpsize limit of zero (default I think) would also prevent coredumps Cheers, Terry. >I have a program here that has been working for several years, and it suddenly >stopped working. Now it starts running and immediately shows 'Killed'. > >The very first line in the program is a fprintf(stderr, ...) and this message >does not get printed. > >And for reasons I dont understand, Linux is not dropping a core file. > >Ive recompiled, recompiled with -g, with -ggdb nothing. > >How do I get this thing to drop a core file? >Any possibility that one of the recent (last day or two) fc4 updates could >cause something like this? > >Confused. >-- > Reg.Clemens > reg@xxxxxxx > > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >