> >from /usr/include/sys/signal.h
> #define SIGXCPU         24      /* exceeded CPU time limit */
> 
> what sort of machine is this on?
Sorry. Must've been headless X-)
It's a single-processor sparc 20.
#>uname -mpsv
NetBSD NetBSD 1.4.1 (GENERIC) #1: Mon Aug  9 02:29:47 PDT 1999
mrg@sun4690:/work/tmp/mrg/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GENERIC sparc sparc