an strace shows: ps ax | grep gwibber 22997 pts/0 Sl+ 0:05 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gwibber 25061 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep gwibber andres@vostro:~$ strace -p 22997 Process 22997 attached - interrupt to quit futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) --- SIGWINCH (Window changed) @ 0 (0) --- futex(0x9ca8e88, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL