If it can help anyway this is a strace of what happens after a select getdate(); go
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT], [], 8) = 0 ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig -icanon -echo ...}) = 0 ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_STOP or TCSETSW, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0 ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x8064ce0, [], 0}, {0x403158c0, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL}, {0x403158c0, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x403158c0, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {SIG_DFL}, {0x403158c0, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTSTP, {SIG_DFL}, {0x403158c0, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTTOU, {SIG_DFL}, {0x403158c0, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTTIN, {SIG_DFL}, {0x403158c0, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGWINCH, {0x8064ce0, [], 0}, {0x40315990, [], 0}, 8) = 0 time(NULL) = 1170418098 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x8064ce0, [PIPE], SA_RESTART}, NULL, 8) = 0 time(NULL) = 1170418098 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {SIG_IGN}, {0x8064ce0, [PIPE], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 select(4, NULL, [3], NULL, NULL) = 1 (out [3]) write(3, "\1\1\0\32\0\0\0\0select getdate();\n", 26) = 26 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x8064ce0, [PIPE], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_IGN}, 8) = 0 select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3]) read(3, "\4\1\0&[EMAIL PROTECTED]", 8) = 8 select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3]) read(3, "\240\1\0\0\241\5\0\f\0\0\0=\321\311\230\0\0P\250\331\0"..., 30) = 30 open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=951, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40607000 read(4, "TZif\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\6\0\0\0\6\0"..., 4096) = 951 close(4) = 0 munmap(0x40607000, 4096) = 0 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]