Here's a backtrace with rxvt-dbgsym installed: (gdb) bt #0 0xb76dbcf9 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb7350d61 in __lll_lock_wait_private () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/lowlevellock.S:97 #2 0xb7347ad7 in __nptl_setxid (cmdp=0xbf8a6ee8) at allocatestack.c:1085 #3 0xb74a2336 in __GI_seteuid (uid=1000) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/seteuid.c:31 #4 0x0048394e in rxvt_privileges (mode=114, r=0x2319008) at main.c:288 #5 rxvt_privileged_utmp (action=114 'r', r=0x2319008) at main.c:322 #6 rxvt_clean_exit () at main.c:196 #7 0xb73f079b in __run_exit_handlers (status=0, listp=0xb75763dc <__exit_funcs>, run_list_atexit=true, run_dtors=true) at exit.c:83 #8 0xb73f0801 in __GI_exit (status=0) at exit.c:105 #9 0x004835a5 in rxvt_Child_signal (sig=17) at main.c:141 #10 <signal handler called> #11 0xb76dbcf9 in __kernel_vsyscall () #12 0xb7347d67 in __nptl_setxid (cmdp=<optimized out>) at allocatestack.c:1172 #13 0xb74a2336 in __GI_seteuid (uid=1000) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/seteuid.c:31 #14 0x0048394e in rxvt_privileges (mode=114, r=0x2319008) at main.c:288 #15 rxvt_privileged_utmp (action=114 'r', r=0x2319008) at main.c:322 #16 rxvt_clean_exit () at main.c:196 #17 0x00482369 in rxvt_cmd_getc (r=0x2319008) at command.c:754 #18 0x004833e9 in rxvt_main_loop (r=0x2319008) at command.c:3031 #19 0x0047f64c in main (argc=1, argv=0xbf8a7934) at rxvt.c:13
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