levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) (07/04/86)
I have experienced a vnews core dump several times when reading news on a terminal which has the DEL key next to the RETURN key. What will happen is that I will type in N followed by a newsgroup name, then go for the return key. HOWEVER if I happen to slip and end up hitting both the RETURN key and then the DEL key an instant later, I apparently catch vnews in a vulnerable spot. I get 'Bus error - core dumped' and my terminal is left all nasty and raw (not to mention losing the record of what I have already looked at :-( ). This will also happen if I do 's' to save to a file then hit RETURN-DEL in quick succession. -- ------------------------------- Disclaimer: The views contained herein are | dan levy | yvel nad | my own and are not at all those of my em- | an engihacker @ | ployer or the administrator of any computer | at&t computer systems division | upon which I may hack. | skokie, illinois | -------------------------------- Path: ..!{akgua,homxb,ihnp4,ltuxa,mvuxa, vax135}!ttrdc!ttrda!levy