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   Eric Le Bras to All   
   Re: GNO 2.0.6 install   
   09 Feb 23 09:26:18   
   
   From: eric.lebras@gmail.com   
      
   Thanks for the tip. I did not know about the hush shell. I'll give it a try!   
      
   Gno on the gs + Golden Gate on the pc is the perfect combination to allow   
   moving from one environment to the other!   
   Thank you for making this possible.   
      
   Le jeudi 9 février 2023 à 17:32:25 UTC+1, Kelvin Sherlock a écrit :   
   > It is a known issue. As I recall, gsh normally uses a SIGCHLD signal    
   > handler to wait() on child processes. However it can also call wait()    
   > immediately after spawning them so if the child process is very quick    
   > (as is the case when executing gshrc) there can be a race condition    
   > where the SIGCHILD signal occurs after the child has already been dealt    
   > with and the signal handler hangs. It's a bug in gsh but also GNO only    
   > has wait() (no waitpid()). Dropping into GNO snooper and killing it is    
   > the only fix for now.    
   >    
   > You might also switch to the hush shell.   
   > On 2023-02-09 11:10:54 +0000, Eric Le Bras said:    
   >    
   > >    
   > > When I launch the gno kernel, I get the login prompt. After entering    
   > > root I get the "message of the day", then no prompt. Hitting any key    
   > > (including ctrl-D) does not get me to the prompt. The trick I found is    
   > > to go to the GNO Snooper CDA, terminate the gsh process. This gets me    
   > > to the login prompt again. After entering root, I get the motd and no    
   > > prompt again, but this time hitting ctrl-D gets me to the gsh prompt.    
   > >    
   > > I tried removing the FujiNet, that did not help. Is there something    
   > > else I should try? Does it relate to a known issue? I did not find    
   > > anything related in the FAQ.   
      
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