Arch Linux

The same version that you have runs fine here on i686. Can you try rebuilding from abs with options=('!strip') and getting a backtrace if the issue happens again? I have a suspicion that the bug is actually in something that gkrellm is linked against, not the software itself.. I'm not sure.

I wonder if this is related to  FS#18514  actually -- Can you attach /proc/cpuinfo?

I'll be glad to rebuild, but the problem hasn't happened with my build from the upstream download, and happens always with my pacman version. However, I'm quite willing to believe the problem is in a build or link dep. If building from abs means from the upstream download, I don't think it will help. If it's a variant of the packaged version - I'll be glad to try - just point me to some instructions. A problem with i686 vs amc_64 binaries is certainly possible, but "file /usr/bin/gkrellm" shows a 32 bit binary (as opposed to my other machine (gentoo, which shows a 64 bit binary)).

/proc/cpuinfo: (being careful to get it from the arch machine, which is not where I'm posting this.....)

processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 10
model name : AMD Athlon(TM) XP
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 1150.086
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up
bogomips : 2301.01
clflush size : 32
cache_alignment : 32
address sizes : 34 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management: ts

Hm, ok.

To build from abs, pacman -S abs, abs community/gkrellm, then cp /var/abs/community/gkrellm/ elsewhere and makepkg -i

Built from abs, it works fine. (I didn't use the !strip, but it doesn't fail....) The only error I noticed during compile was "No package 'libntlm' found. Package libntlm was not found in the pkg-config search path."

As far as I can tell (looking at my Gentoo box) libntlm is part of Cyrus SASL, which is installed, but it does not seem to have any libntlm. Don't know if this is a problem or just a red herring (irrelevant).

I really don't know what's wrong. I guess I can upload a recompiled version, but it does work for me. Perhaps the previous builder had some strange makeflags set.

It looks like everyone having issues has an AMD processor. Perhaps some processor specific optimisation slipped in.

I have an AMD also, and it works. I can try uploading a rebuild of it, but I'd like too know why this is breaking before I do anything..

I just did a local rebuild and can not see any processor specific optimisation being applied. I'd just rebuild and chalk it up to ghosts in the machine...

I wonder if the previous packager (dragonlord) had some strange makeflags set