On Thu, 29 May 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Mon, 26 May 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>>> Everytime I attempt to run some utilities (gs4.03, tmview, etc.) I get a >>>> segfault with signal 11. I have no idea what this means and I'm >>> >>> signal 11 is segmentatio fault, i.e. yor CPU tried to access an invalid >>> address. >>> Usually this means that: >>> >>> a. the program you run is buggy and addresses wrong places in memory >>> b. your hardware is broken (most of the time, a SIMM, a Mboard socket, ..) >>> >>> Since many other persons run gs, it should not be answer a. You can try to >>> test >> >> As you say, since gs, et al. all work for other people it's not likely to >> be buggy app software. >> >>> your hardware, for ex. switching SIMMs or pulling them out one at a time >>> and see >>> if it segfaults again. >> >> I'm almost certain that the hardware is fine. Every single other program >> has zero trouble with it and there are even some SVGAlib using programs >> that work fine (zgv and lockvc being the examples). I'm still very puzzled... > >Sorry I can't be much help. >When you say hardware is OK, listen to this story. I've never had problem with >my PC, but when I tried (one day) to compile samba, I got stuck with strange >syntactic errors and then my PC hung. I tested it extensively, never found >anything wrong. Last year I changed MB and Processor. Now I can compile samba >with no trouble at all. >Makes you think ..
Hmmm.... I guess it would be worth tinkering with the insides (unless anybody else has a better solution). Thanks for trying :) Dan (big) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers" -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
