I have a CentOS- 5.5 server with python2.6 installed from epel repo(disabled by default). It keeps segfaulting. I also have maatkit from epel repo installed. In addition, am running percona as a replication slave. i have the last few lines of strace here.(was too long for pastebin)
stat("/proc/17774", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
open("/proc/17774/stat", O_RDONLY) = 6
read(6, "17774 (bash) S 17772 17774 17774"..., 1023) = 256
close(6) = 0
open("/proc/17774/status", O_RDONLY) = 6
read(6, "Name:\tbash\nState:\tS (sleeping)\nS"..., 1023) = 753
close(6) = 0
fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 1), ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2acda8509000
write(1, " PID TTY TIME CMD\n", 28 PID TTY TIME CMD
) = 28
open("/proc/tty/drivers", O_RDONLY) = 6
read(6, "/dev/tty /dev/tty "..., 9999) = 465
close(6) = 0
stat("/dev/pts1", 0x7fffaf85c6b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/dev/pts", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
readlink("/proc/17774/fd/2", "/dev/pts/1"..., 127) = 10
stat("/dev/pts/1", {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 1), ...}) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
not sure what is the problem with the device.