diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index b69b31e560c..72446f59801 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Thu Jan  4 08:17:22 1996  Fred Fish  <fnf@cygnus.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/corefile.exp: When generating a core, discard any
+	error messages about ulimit not found and the "core dumped"
+	message from the shell that runs the coredumper.
+
 Wed Jan  3 01:30:41 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
 
 	* lib/gdb.exp (skip_chill_tests): Skip them on the PA too.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/corefile.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/corefile.exp
index 1c30e0c203c..4218edfec38 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/corefile.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/corefile.exp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if ![file exists ${objdir}/${subdir}/corefile] then {
     # Some systems append "core" to the name of the program; others append
     # the name of the program to "core".
     set found 0
-    catch "system \"cd ${objdir}/${subdir}; ulimit -c unlimited; ${binfile}\""
+    catch "system \"(cd ${objdir}/${subdir}; ulimit -c unlimited; ${binfile}; true) >/dev/null 2>&1\""
     #    execute_anywhere "${binfile}"
     foreach i "${objdir}/${subdir}/core ${objdir}/${subdir}/core.coremaker.c ${binfile}.core" {
 	set exec_output [execute_anywhere "ls $i"]
@@ -164,16 +164,14 @@ gdb_test "print coremaker_data" "\\\$$decimal = 202"
 gdb_test "print coremaker_bss" "\\\$$decimal = 10"
 gdb_test "print coremaker_ro" "\\\$$decimal = 201"
 
-# Linux GDB is unable to backtrace properly from an abort system call,
-# so trying to access a local variable in the stack fails too.
-setup_xfail "i*86-*-linux*" "i*86-*-sysv4*"
+setup_xfail "i*86-*-sysv4*"
 gdb_test "print func2::coremaker_local" "\\\$$decimal = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}"
 
 # Somehow we better test the ability to read the registers out of the core
 # file correctly.  I don't think the other tests do this.
 
 # Haven't investigated this xfail
-setup_xfail "m68k-*-hpux*" "i*86-*-linux*" "i*86-*-sysv4*"
+setup_xfail "m68k-*-hpux*" "i*86-*-sysv4*"
 # Strange that this one depends upon being native compiled.
 gdb_test "bt" "abort.*func2.*func1.*main.*" "backtrace in corefile.exp"