(gdb) bt #0 0x70153164 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x71a2c30c in pthread_kill () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #2 0x71a2c65c in raise () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #3 0x70152e40 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 #4 0x701542e8 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6 #5 0x71dc06c8 in rb_bug () from /usr/lib/libruby1.8.so.1.8 #6 0x71e2af04 in ruby_posix_signal () from /usr/lib/libruby1.8.so.1.8 #7 0x71e2af04 in ruby_posix_signal () from /usr/lib/libruby1.8.so.1.8 Previous frame identical to this frame (corrupt stack?)