hi,

checking atn for 17.x.0-val,  i see crashes like:

error cannot create tool trk::trackingvolumehelper (no factory found)
toolsvc.tilevolumebuilder                           fatal failed to retrieve tool trackingvolumehelper = publictoolhandle('trk::trackingvolumehelper/trackingvolumehelper')
nameauditor                                          info just exited toolsvc.tilevolumebuilder with auditor trigger initialize
memstatauditor                                       info memory usage has changed after  toolsvc.tilevolumebuilder 	initialization method 	virtual size = 608.566 mb 	resident set size = 430.094 mb deltavsize = 0.628906  mb 
toolsvc                                             error error initializing tool 'toolsvc.tilevolumebuilder'
toolsvc.trackextrapolatortocalo.calosurfacebuilder  fatal failed to retrieve tool publictoolhandle('tile::tilevolumebuilder/tilevolumebuilder')
nameauditor                                          info just exited toolsvc.trackextrapolatortocalo.calosurfacebuilder with auditor trigger initialize
memstatauditor                                       info memory usage has changed after  toolsvc.trackextrapolatortocalo.calosurfacebuilder 	initialization method 	virtual size = 608.566 mb 	resident set size = 430.141 mb deltavsize = 0  mb 
toolsvc                                             error error initializing tool 'toolsvc.trackextrapolatortocalo.calosurfacebuilder'
toolsvc.trackextrapolatortocalo                     fatal could not find tool calosurfacebuilder
nameauditor                                          info just exited toolsvc.trackextrapolatortocalo with auditor trigger initialize
memstatauditor                                       info memory usage has changed after  toolsvc.trackextrapolatortocalo 	initialization method 	virtual size = 608.566 mb 	resident set size = 430.145 mb deltavsize = 0  mb 
toolsvc                                             error error initializing tool 'toolsvc.trackextrapolatortocalo'
toolsvc.extrapolmuonincalotool                      fatal cannot get trackextrapolatortocalo
nameauditor                                          info just exited toolsvc.extrapolmuonincalotool with auditor trigger initialize
memstatauditor                                       info memory usage has changed after  toolsvc.extrapolmuonincalotool 	initialization method 	virtual size = 608.566 mb 	resident set size = 430.172 mb deltavsize = 0  mb 
toolsvc                                             error error initializing tool 'toolsvc.extrapolmuonincalotool'
toolsvc.emtrackisolationelectrontrackisolationtoolwarning cannot retrieve trackextrapolationtocalotool trackincalotools/extrapolmuonincalotool
nameauditor                                          info just exited toolsvc.emtrackisolationelectrontrackisolationtool with auditor trigger initialize
memstatauditor                                       info memory usage has changed after  toolsvc.emtrackisolationelectrontrackisolationtool 	initialization method 	virtual size = 608.566 mb 	resident set size = 430.207 mb deltavsize = 0  mb 
toolsvc                                             error error initializing tool 'toolsvc.emtrackisolationelectrontrackisolationtool'
toolsvc.emtrackisolationtool                        error can't get a handle on the trackisolationtool/emtrackisolationelectrontrackisolationtool
nameauditor                                          info just exited toolsvc.emtrackisolationtool with auditor trigger initialize
memstatauditor                                       info memory usage has changed after  toolsvc.emtrackisolationtool 	initialization method 	virtual size = 608.566 mb 	resident set size = 430.23 mb deltavsize = 0  mb 
toolsvc                                             error error initializing tool 'toolsvc.emtrackisolationtool'
toolsvc.egammatoposhowerbuilder                     error unable to retrieve emtrackisolationtool = publictoolhandle('emtrackisolationtool/emtrackisolationtool')
nameauditor                                          info just exited toolsvc.egammatoposhowerbuilder with auditor trigger initialize
memstatauditor                                       info memory usage has changed after  toolsvc.egammatoposhowerbuilder 	initialization method 	virtual size = 608.566 mb 	resident set size = 430.242 mb deltavsize = 0  mb 
toolsvc                                             error error initializing tool 'toolsvc.egammatoposhowerbuilder'
egammatoposeeded                                    error unable to retrieve toposhowerbuildertool = publictoolhandle('emshowerbuilder/egammatoposhowerbuilder')
nameauditor                                          info just exited egammatoposeeded with auditor trigger initialize
memstatauditor                                       info memory usage has changed after  egammatoposeeded 	initialization method 	virtual size = 608.566 mb 	resident set size = 430.25 mb deltavsize = 0  mb 
athalgseq                                           error unable to initialize algorithm egammatoposeeded
nameauditor                                          info just exited athalgseq with auditor trigger initialize
athmasterseq                                        error unable to initialize algorithm athalgseq
nameauditor                                          info just exited athmasterseq with auditor trigger initialize
athenaeventloopmgr                                  error unable to initialize algorithm: athmasterseq
athenaeventloopmgr                                  error failed to initialize base class minimaleventloopmgr
nameauditor                                          info just exited athenaeventloopmgr with auditor trigger initialize
memstatauditor                                       info memory usage has changed after  athenaeventloopmgr 	initialization method 	virtual size = 608.566 mb 	resident set size = 430.254 mb deltavsize = 0  mb 
servicemanager                                      error unable to initialize service: athenaeventloopmgr
py:athena            info leaving with code 33: &quot;failure in initialization&quot;
applicationmgr                                       info application manager terminated successfully
statuscodesvc                                       fatal unchecked statuscode in applicationmgr::terminate() from lib /build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/gaudi/rel_0/installarea/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/lib/libgaudisvc.so

(pid=23847 ppid=23846) received fatal signal 6 (aborted)
signal context:
  signo  = 6, errno = 0, code = -6 (*unknown reason*)
  pid    = 23847, uid = 16605
  value  = (0, (nil))
  stack  = (2, 0, (nil))

  eip: 0023:ffffe410           eflags: 00200296
  eax: 00000000   ebx: 00005d27   ecx: 00005d27   edx: 00000006
  esi: fff3139c   edi: 0059bff4   ebp: fff312fc   esp: fff312e4
   ds: 002b        es: 002b        fs: 0000        ss: 002b

  signal esp: fff312e4  trap: 0/0  oldmask: 00000000   cr2: 00000000

  fpu:  control = ffff037f
        status  = ffff0120
        tag     = ffffffff
        ip      = 0010:0810b2ad
        data    = 002b:fff32800
        state   = 00000120
    %fp0 = [4006:000000000000c000]
    %fp1 = [0000:0000000000000000]
    %fp2 = [0000:0000000000000000]
    %fp3 = [0000:0000000000000000]
    %fp4 = [400d:000000000000e212]
    %fp5 = [401d:00000000e2129b24]
    %fp6 = [4004:000000005b00f726]
    %fp7 = [0000:0000000000000000]

stack trace:
 0xf31cfe3a athena::debugaids::stacktrace(int) /build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/atlascore/rel_0/control/cxxutils/cmt/../src/sealdebug.cxx:709 + 0x7a [/build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/atlascore/rel_0/installarea/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/lib/libcxxutils.so]
 0xf31cb7e8 athena::signal::fataldump(int, siginfo*, void*) /build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/atlascore/rel_0/control/cxxutils/cmt/../src/sealsignal.cxx:1397 + 0x214 [/build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/atlascore/rel_0/installarea/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/lib/libcxxutils.so]
 0xf31cba3e athena::signal::fatal(int, siginfo*, void*) /build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/atlascore/rel_0/control/cxxutils/cmt/../src/sealsignal.cxx:898 + 0x1dc [/build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/atlascore/rel_0/installarea/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/lib/libcxxutils.so]
 0xffffe600 
 0xffffe410 
 0x0046fdf0 gsignal + 0x50 [/lib/libc.so.6]
 0x00471701 abort + 0x101 [/lib/libc.so.6]
 0xf22b1390 statuscodesvc::regfnc(std::string const&amp;, std::string const&amp;) /build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/gaudi/rel_0/gaudisvc/cmt/../src/statuscodesvc/statuscodesvc.cpp:128 + 0x2fa [/build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/gaudi/rel_0/installarea/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/lib/libgaudisvc.so]
 0xf470bc74 ~statuscode /build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/gaudi/rel_0/gaudikernel/cmt/../src/lib/statuscode.cpp:52 + 0x1c8 [/build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/gaudi/rel_0/installarea/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/lib/libgaudikernel.so]
 0xf1fd6915 applicationmgr::terminate() /build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/gaudi/rel_0/gaudisvc/cmt/../src/applicationmgr/applicationmgr.cpp:717 + 0x29d [/build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/gaudi/rel_0/installarea/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/lib/libgaudisvc.so]
 0xf2a843d2 _zn12_global__n_1l11method_7203epvs0_rkst6vectoris0_sais0_ees0_ /build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/gaudi/rel_0/gaudikernel/cmt/../i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/dict/gaudikernel/dictionary_dict.cpp:19242 + 0xf2a843d2 ï¿½/build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/gaudi/rel_0/installarea/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/lib/libgaudikerneldict.so]
 0xf576daba root::cintex::method_stub_with_context(root::cintex::stubcontext_t*, g__value*, char const*, g__param*, int) /build/bellenot/spi/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/cint/cintex/src/cintfunctional.cxx:320 + 0x1c9 [/afs/cern.ch/atlas/offline/external/lcgcmt/lcgcmt_60b/installarea/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/lib/libcintex.so]
 0xf249f034 
 0xf6d67f49 cint::g__callfunc::execute(void*) /build/bellenot/spi/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/cint/cint/src/callfunc.cxx:440 + 0x18b [/afs/cern.ch/atlas/offline/external/lcgcmt/lcgcmt_60b/installarea/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/lib/libcint.so]
 0xf7b8e087 cint::g__callfunc::execint(void*) /build/bellenot/spi/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/include/callfunc.h:98 + 0x2b [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/root/5.28.00b/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/lib/libpyroot.so]
 0xf7b8af22 pyroot::trootobjectbyvalueexecutor::execute(cint::g__callfunc*, void*) /build/bellenot/spi/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/bindings/pyroot/src/executors.cxx:229 + 0x24 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/root/5.28.00b/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/lib/libpyroot.so]
 0xf7b94c96 pyroot::tmethodholder::callfast(void*) /build/bellenot/spi/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/bindings/pyroot/src/methodholder.cxx:94 + 0x4c [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/root/5.28.00b/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/lib/libpyroot.so]
 0xf7b94e49 pyroot::tmethodholder::callsafe(void*) /build/bellenot/spi/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/bindings/pyroot/src/methodholder.cxx:118 + 0xa1 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/root/5.28.00b/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/lib/libpyroot.so]
 0xf7b99ca2 pyroot::tmethodholder::execute(void*) /build/bellenot/spi/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/bindings/pyroot/src/methodholder.cxx:627 + 0x104 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/root/5.28.00b/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/lib/libpyroot.so]
 0xf7b9628f pyroot::tmethodholder::operator()(pyroot::objectproxy*, _object*, _object*, long) /build/bellenot/spi/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/bindings/pyroot/src/methodholder.cxx:690 + 0x23f [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/root/5.28.00b/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/lib/libpyroot.so]
 0xf7b9d0d0 pyroot::(anonymous namespace)::mp_call(pyroot::methodproxy*, _object*, _object*) /build/bellenot/spi/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/bindings/pyroot/src/methodproxy.cxx:476 + 0xf7b9d0d0 ï¿½/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/root/5.28.00b/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg/root/lib/libpyroot.so]
 0x0805d88c pyobject_call /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/objects/abstract.c:2493 + 0x5c [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080d969d do_call /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/python/ceval.c:3968 + 0x2dfd [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080dcb7b fast_function /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/python/ceval.c:3837 + 0x62db [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080ddc8c pyeval_evalcodeex /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/python/ceval.c:3000 + 0x87c [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x08137caa function_call /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/objects/funcobject.c:524 + 0x8137caa [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x0805d88c pyobject_call /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/objects/abstract.c:2493 + 0x5c [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x08064935 instancemethod_call /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/objects/classobject.c:2579 + 0x8064935 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x0805d88c pyobject_call /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/objects/abstract.c:2493 + 0x5c [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080d5a94 pyeval_callobjectwithkeywords /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/python/ceval.c:3619 + 0x54 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080aecae slot_tp_del /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/objects/typeobject.c:5700 + 0x80aecae [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080a9ac6 subtype_dealloc /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/objects/typeobject.c:972 + 0x80a9ac6 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x08064eec instancemethod_dealloc /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/objects/classobject.c:2365 + 0x8064eec [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x0808c7b4 dict_dealloc /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/objects/dictobject.c:907 + 0x808c7b4 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080a9cfb subtype_dealloc /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/objects/typeobject.c:1004 + 0x80a9cfb [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x0808a631 insertdict /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/objects/dictobject.c:460 + 0x808a631 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x0808caef pydict_setitem /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/objects/dictobject.c:701 + 0x6f [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x0808eacc _pymodule_clear /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/objects/moduleobject.c:138 + 0x17c [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080f0601 pyimport_cleanup /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/python/import.c:495 + 0x511 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080fc5fd py_finalize /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/python/pythonrun.c:438 + 0x12d [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080fc797 py_exit /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/python/pythonrun.c:1746 + 0x17 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080fc8e1 handle_system_exit /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/python/pythonrun.c:1120 + 0x80fc8e1 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080fcafd pyerr_printex /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/python/pythonrun.c:1130 + 0x19d [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080fcd7e pyerr_print /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/python/pythonrun.c:1040 + 0x1e [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080fe2f6 pyrun_simplefileexflags /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/python/pythonrun.c:939 + 0x156 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x080fe69a pyrun_anyfileexflags /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/python/pythonrun.c:739 + 0x7a [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x08058d46 py_main /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/modules/main.c:572 + 0xc56 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x08057e42 main /build/agaspar/work/python-2.6.5/./modules/python.c:24 + 0x32 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
 0x0045ce9c __libc_start_main + 0xdc [/lib/libc.so.6]
 0x08057d51 _start + 0x8057d51 [/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/python/2.6.5/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/python]
/build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/atlasreconstruction/rel_0/nicos_area/nicos_atntest17x0val32bs5g4recdbg/gen_tests/26__recexrecotest_testconfiguration__recoshift_esd__a.sh: line 20: 23847 aborted                 athena.py -c &quot;evtmax=5; dodetailedauditor=true ; donameauditor=true &quot; athenacommon/memtraceinclude.py recexrecotest/recexrecotest_rtt_esd.py
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failure (error) : athena job -c &quot;evtmax=5; dodetailedauditor=true ; donameauditor=true &quot; athenacommon/memtraceinclude.py recexrecotest/recexrecotest_rtt_esd.py returned 134
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atn_files_cutter: workdirs /build/atnight/localbuilds/nightlies/17.x.0-val/atlasreconstruction/rel_0/reconstruction/recexample/recexrecotest/run 0

real	1m53.471s
user	0m54.849s
sys	0m6.121s
[atn, test start time] wed mar 30 01:52:02 cest 2011
[atn, test end time] wed mar 30 01:53:56 cest 2011
[atn, test wrapper] minutes elapsed: 2 
[atn, test wrapper] completion of test process is detected
  

log file available at:

http://atlas-computing.web.cern.ch/atlas-computing/links/distdirectory/nightlies/developmentwebarea/nicos_web_area17x0val32bs5g4recdbg/nicos_testlog_rel_3/reconstruction_recexample_recexrecotest_26__recexrecotest_testconfiguration__recoshift_esd__a.html

thanks,
marija (64 bits and dbg build shifter)