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Mark Rowlands wrote:
> 
> Package: konsole
> Version: 1.1.99 (KDE 2.0)
> Severity: normal
> Compiler: gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
> OS: FreeBSD 4.1.1-STABLE i386 (compiled sources)
> 
Hi!

Can you try if following patch helps you? If it doesn't
please recompile with --enable-debug

Thanks Stephan

> kconsole crashes on start every time
> 
> (no debugging symbols found)...0x28dcc2e8 in wait4 () from /usr/lib/libc.so.4
> #0  0x28dcc2e8 in wait4 () from /usr/lib/libc.so.4
> #1  0x28dbdbbb in waitpid () from /usr/lib/libc.so.4
> #2  0x28bc0254 in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler ()
>    from /usr/local/lib/libkdecore.so.4
> #3  0xbfbfffac in ?? ()
> #4  0x29017a2e in TEPty::makePty () from /usr/local/lib/libkonsolepart.so
> #5  0x29017deb in TEPty::commSetupDoneC ()
>    from /usr/local/lib/libkonsolepart.so
> #6  0x28b7e0f8 in KProcess::start () from /usr/local/lib/libkdecore.so.4
> #7  0x290176b3 in TEPty::run () from /usr/local/lib/libkonsolepart.so
> #8  0x2901956c in TESession::run () from /usr/local/lib/libkonsolepart.so
> #9  0x282d934b in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt2.so
> #10 0x2834ca6e in QSignal::activate () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt2.so
> #11 0x2835896b in QSingleShotTimer::event () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt2.so
> #12 0x28224136 in QApplication::notify () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt2.so
> #13 0x28b6f193 in KApplication::notify () from /usr/local/lib/libkdecore.so.4
> #14 0x281dc6e1 in qt_activate_timers () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt2.so
> #15 0x281d9e16 in QApplication::processNextEvent ()
>    from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt2.so
> #16 0x28226e23 in QApplication::enter_loop () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt2.so
> #17 0x281d8f73 in QApplication::exec () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt2.so
> #18 0x28ff41cb in main () from /usr/local/lib/konsole.so
> #19 0x804a3e1 in _start ()
> #20 0x804ac59 in _start ()
> #21 0x804b048 in _start ()
> #22 0x804c0b6 in main ()
> #23 0x8049d45 in _start ()

-- 
Frauen und Maenner passen vielleicht nicht zusammen aber meine 
allerschoensten Schrammen habe ich mir bei diesem Duell geholt.
       -- Reinhard Mey
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Index: TEPty.C
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/kde/kdebase/konsole/src/TEPty.Cv
retrieving revision 1.26
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -b -u -r1.26 -r1.27
--- TEPty.C2000/10/25 18:57:461.26
+++ TEPty.C2000/10/26 12:10:411.27
@@ -2979 +29716 @@
 #endif
     if (ptyfd >= 0)
     {
+      char *ptsn = ptsname(ptyfd);
+      if (ptsn) {
       strncpy(ttynam ptsname(ptyfd) 50);
       grantpt(ptyfd);
       needGrantPty = FALSE;
+      } else {
+        perror("ptsname");
+  close(ptyfd);
+  ptyfd = -1;
+      }
     }
   }
 #endif
cvs diff -b -u -r1.26 -r1.27 TEPty.C

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Please re-submit if still an issue.