Linux terminal outputting "SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN" for no reason

[Niteshifter]

I have my terminal with alsamixer on it and I go to adjust the volume and I see random text on it. All I could make it out to be was "SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN". I though it may have been a firefox error because it's always spitting things out on that terminal anyways, so I close alsa and think nothing of it.

About 5 min. ago, I go back to that terminal to see this:

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I haven't seen an error like that. I've checked my logs, googled it and couldn't find anything, so it's creeping the hell out of me right now :tinfoil:. I have no idea what it could be, so any suggestions of what's happening and what I could do?

[Jookia]

Should never happen.

[Anthophobian]

Should never happen.

[nikomo]

Malicious program/script? ps aux and check if anything unusual is running.

[ineedateam1]

OH DAM THAT SHOULD NEVER EVER happen!

its a bug that is really bad and yea...

or it could be a script....

[Niteshifter]

I was in the linux irc and someone suggested it was a random occurence. Since firefox is forked to the background from that terminal, we think it has to do with something like:

switch(var)
{
  case 1:stuff; break;
  case 2:otherStuff; break;
  default:cout<<"SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN"<<endl;
}

[Cluckyx]

I'm willing to bet this is some forked to bg prog with leftover debug code.

So yeah, I agree with you.

[butre]

virus

[wlzshroom]

should never happen

[Qombat]

Should never happen.

[editline]13th December 2010[/editline]

I once had a bash script that printed the triforce over and over again.
Then I forgot about it, came back, saw it outputting and shat a brick.

[Hookerbot9000]

Well, that should never happen.

[Xarxes The Great]

[QUOTE=Qombat;26659857]Should never happen.

[editline]13th December 2010[/editline]

I once had a bash script that printed the triforce over and over again.
Then I forgot about it, came back, saw it outputting and shat a brick.[/QUOTE]

Tri-force as in an actual shape of it or HERP U GOT TRI-FORCED WE R ANONEMOOSE

[leontodd]

[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;26710673]Tri-force as in an actual shape of it or HERP U GOT TRI-FORCED WE R ANONEMOOSE[/QUOTE]

What.

[wlzshroom]

[QUOTE=leontodd;26796459]What.[/QUOTE]

newfags can't triforce

[Gaeel]

Props for using dwm. Ever tried dvtm for tiling window terminals?

And yeah, if you're using an 'experimental' linux like Arch, then you might be using in-development packages that still have some debug code hanging around.