note snoopy Just a punt. Maybe a parent process, system shutdown or something else is sending signals that aren't being handled and are causing general havoc. <p> One thing to try, if you're not already, is to trap and report on incoming signals, just to see what's going on. <code> foreach (qw/HUP QUIT KILL TERM/) { my $msg = "slugged by a $_"; $SIG{$_} = sub {warn $msg}; } </code> 824028 824028