segmentation fault

segmentation fault

[Rock Bazzle]

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Hello everyone.
Everytime I attempt to add a user to my systemI receive the error
"segmentation fault" and immediately dropped back to the prompt.
I'm using redhat 7.2.
Can someone tell me how to fix this problem?
Thanks,
 
Rock

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Re: segmentation fault

[Andor Demarteau]

segmenation faults (segv) are given when a program tries dto do something
in memory which it is not allowed to do.
Solution: try to upgrade the package to a new version or downgrade it if
you have an older version that works.
Maybe you could report this as a bug to the redhat package-maintainer.




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Re: segmentation fault

[Shaun Oliver]

*SNIP*
what does segmentation fault means?
*SNIP*
a segmentation fault [seg fault] is the same as the windows illegal
operation.
it means that the program or process is trying to write to a memory
address that is outside the boundaries of what it has been allocated
thus causing it to crash.
as for how you can fix this, that's anybody's guess.
hope that little bit helped in some small way anyway.

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Re: segmentation fault

[A. R. Vener]

It means a  compiled program is trying to access a memory address outside 
of thedata space allocated for it.

Typical causes include  attempting to access an array with an index 
value greater than  the size of the array or  improperly
setting a pointer in a  program.   

Wen the program is compiled and the resulting executable is run,  the
out of range index or bad pointer can cause the segmentation fault.




What program is running when the  segmentation fault ioccurs?  Does it cause a 
core dump?

The core dump will contain debug information that tells you where the 
problem occurred and possibly let you  identify the cause.


Rudy
On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 03:33:10PM -0500, Luke Davis wrote:
> Where exactly do you see this error?  Not enough information.
> 
> Luke
> 
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > hello!
> > after recompiling to a new kernel i get the message segmentation fault.
> > i can't stop playing a cd when playing and i can't mount a floppy.
> > what does segmentation fault means?
> > cancan someone explain it to me so i can know what i shall compile different
> > in my kernel?
> > I know that I have put this question or a questionnot so different from this
> > one.
> > but i have changed computer since that so i don't have the post any longer.
> >
> > also, how can i load a kernel larger than 1 mb with loadlin?
> > what is the latest version of that thing?
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> > kristoffer
> >
> > kristoffer
> >
> >
> >
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Re: segmentation fault

[Luke Davis]

Where exactly do you see this error?  Not enough information.

Luke

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote:

>
>
> hello!
> after recompiling to a new kernel i get the message segmentation fault.
> i can't stop playing a cd when playing and i can't mount a floppy.
> what does segmentation fault means?
> cancan someone explain it to me so i can know what i shall compile different
> in my kernel?
> I know that I have put this question or a questionnot so different from this
> one.
> but i have changed computer since that so i don't have the post any longer.
>
> also, how can i load a kernel larger than 1 mb with loadlin?
> what is the latest version of that thing?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> kristoffer
>
> kristoffer
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Blinux-list mailing list
> Blinux-list@redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>

segmentation fault

[Kristoffer Gustafsson]

hello!
after recompiling to a new kernel i get the message segmentation fault.
i can't stop playing a cd when playing and i can't mount a floppy.
what does segmentation fault means?
cancan someone explain it to me so i can know what i shall compile different
in my kernel?
I know that I have put this question or a questionnot so different from this
one.
but i have changed computer since that so i don't have the post any longer.

also, how can i load a kernel larger than 1 mb with loadlin?
what is the latest version of that thing?

thanks in advance

kristoffer

kristoffer