> Martin> This is with lyx-1.0.0 and forms-0.81. The System is
> Martin> RedHat-5.2/Alpha with glibc-2.0.7. The compiler used is
> Martin> egcs-1.1.1.
>
> There is a known problem with this combination of software. INSTALL
> states:
Well, it didn't state that in the 1.0.0 release ...
> The best workaround is to manually compile the file math_iter.C without
> optimization. Only that single file math_iter.o causes the trouble.
>
> It is not clear yet whether the problem is in LyX or egcs.
Anyway, by a binary search I found out that the offending function is
void MathedIter::Insert(MathedInset* p, int type)
{ ...
If this function is put in an additional file that doesn't get optimized,
then LyX works fine. So maybe you want to take a closer look, what that's
supposed to do.
HTH, Martin