Re: tail -f seg faults

[Roland McGrath]

> Ok, I'll do that.  Now for a larger problem: after getting the stack
> I tried taking a couple steps through tail. One my second 'next'
> gdb froze.  It is no longer taking keyboard signals C-c or C-\ and
> I can't change screens to try externel signals.  My system seems to
> be up, but I can't use it.

Well, external signals and running gdb on gdb itself are the things to do.
But now the only thing to do is plan for next time so you'll always have a
terminal you can use.  If you can't use the network, try running screen on
your console terminal.