>>>>> "R" == Richard Kilmer <rich / infoether.com> writes: R> There is a discussion (found by chad fowler) on ruby-dev (22000) R> that is discussing this...perhaps it is the problem. Not R> translating well enough for me to know. but why in [ruby-core:1802] there is Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2 when in [ruby-core:1753] there is Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/libcrypt.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libcrypt.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libm.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libm.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux/socket.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux/socket.so I don't see pthread in the loaded libraries Guy Decoux