> The only > thought that > comes to mind is that the branch is being attempted but > there's garbage > at InitializeGUCOptions+1092 ? Try "x/32i > InitializeGUCOptions+1092" > > What ulimit settings are operative anyway? (ulimit -a > might tell you) > (gdb) x/32i InitializeGUCOptions+1092 0x75748c <InitializeGUCOptions+1092>: bnez v0,0x757498 <InitializeGUCOptions+1104> 0x757490 <InitializeGUCOptions+1096>: nop 0x757494 <InitializeGUCOptions+1100>: li a2,2048 0x757498 <InitializeGUCOptions+1104>: lw a1,-32720(gp) 0x75749c <InitializeGUCOptions+1108>: lw t9,-30852(gp) 0x7574a0 <InitializeGUCOptions+1112>: addiu s0,sp,32 0x7574a4 <InitializeGUCOptions+1116>: addiu a1,a1,-11352 0x7574a8 <InitializeGUCOptions+1120>: jalr t9 0x7574ac <InitializeGUCOptions+1124>: move a0,s0 0x7574b0 <InitializeGUCOptions+1128>: lw gp,24(sp) 0x7574b4 <InitializeGUCOptions+1132>: move a1,s0 0x7574b8 <InitializeGUCOptions+1136>: lw a0,-32720(gp) 0x7574bc <InitializeGUCOptions+1140>: lw t9,-13328(gp) 0x7574c0 <InitializeGUCOptions+1144>: addiu a0,a0,-6048 0x7574c4 <InitializeGUCOptions+1148>: li a2,1 0x7574c8 <InitializeGUCOptions+1152>: jalr t9 0x7574cc <InitializeGUCOptions+1156>: li a3,1 0x7574d0 <InitializeGUCOptions+1160>: lw gp,24(sp) 0x7574d4 <InitializeGUCOptions+1164>: b 0x7572d8 <InitializeGUCOptions+656> 0x7574d8 <InitializeGUCOptions+1168>: nop 0x7574dc <InitializeGUCOptions+1172>: lw t9,-26816(gp) ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- 0x7574e0 <InitializeGUCOptions+1176>: li a1,3042 0x7574e4 <InitializeGUCOptions+1180>: jalr t9 0x7574e8 <InitializeGUCOptions+1184>: addiu a2,s5,-9132 0x7574ec <InitializeGUCOptions+1188>: lw gp,24(sp) 0x7574f0 <InitializeGUCOptions+1192>: lwc1 $f0,48(s0) 0x7574f4 <InitializeGUCOptions+1196>: lw a1,-32720(gp) 0x7574f8 <InitializeGUCOptions+1200>: lwc1 $f1,52(s0) 0x7574fc <InitializeGUCOptions+1204>: lw a2,0(s0) 0x757500 <InitializeGUCOptions+1208>: lw t9,-27888(gp) 0x757504 <InitializeGUCOptions+1212>: swc1 $f0,16(sp) 0x757508 <InitializeGUCOptions+1216>: swc1 $f1,20(sp) (gdb) q deb:/usr/pgsql_src/postgresql-8.3.3/src/test/regress# ulimit -a core file size (blocks, -c) 0 data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited max nice (-e) 0 file size (blocks, -f) unlimited pending signals (-i) unlimited max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited open files (-n) 1024 pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8 POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) unlimited max rt priority (-r) 0 stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192 cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited max user processes (-u) unlimited virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited file locks (-x) unlimited __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html