Re: dialog lockup problem

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Andy Steel wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've found what appears to be a problem with dialog v1.0-20051107 when

that's old - current is 1.1-20080316 (previous was 1.1-20071028).

> running on Redhat ES 5 (linux 2.6.18-53). The processor is i686 based
> (32-bit intel)
> Once the application has been run 5 times, it will no longer work and
> just hangs with a flashing cursor at the top-left of the screen until
> broken by CTRL+C.

...but I don't recall seeing this report previously

> The only remedy so far is to reboot the linux server.
>
> For example, running the following 5 times in a row will cause the
> problem:
>    dialog --msgbox "hello" 5 20
>
> Here is the information for the server:
>
>
> asdev5:Rialto:/usr/deliver> uname -a
> Linux asdev5 2.6.18-53.el5 #1 SMP Wed Oct 10 16:34:02 EDT 2007 i686 i686
> i386 GNU/Linux
> asdev5:Rialto:/usr/deliver>
>
> asdev5:Rialto:/usr/deliver> dialog --version
> Version: 1.0-20051107
> asdev5:Rialto:/usr/deliver>
>
> asdev5:Rialto:/usr/deliver> rpm -qa | grep dialog
> dialog-1.0.20051107-1.2.2
> asdev5:Rialto:/usr/deliver>
>
> asdev5:Rialto:/usr/deliver> rpm -qa | grep ncurses
> ncurses-devel-5.5-24.20060715
> ncurses-5.5-24.20060715
> asdev5:Rialto:/usr/deliver>
>
> This problem appears on all Redhat ES 5 servers. Those running linux 2.4
> with dialog v0.9b-20020814 do not have the problem.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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