On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 03:27:23PM -0700, bazarr@ziplip.com wrote: [ snipping for context ] > c00l@debian:~/code/dump% /usr/bin/xaos -language `perl -e 'print "A"x20049'` > Segmentation fault > > [c00l:dump]$ /usr/bin/xaos -language `perl -e 'print "\x45\xfe\xff\xbf"x8096'` -display AA > Segmentation fault > [c00l:dump]$ /usr/bin/xaos -language `perl -e 'print "\x45\xfe\xff\xbf"x8096'` -display AAA > Segmentation fault > [c00l:dump]$ /usr/bin/xaos -language `perl -e 'print "\x45\xfe\xff\xbf"x8096'` -display AAAA > sh-2.05a# id ; uname -a > uid=1001(c00l) gid=1001(c00l) euid=0(root) groups=1001(c00l) My version of "xaos" (v3.1, Debian "unstable") does not have a "-language" option, and the above will simply generate the "help text" (the list of available options.) It does, however, segfault on the the "-nogui" option and the "-render" option when a non-existent file name is given as an argument. Ben Okopnik -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- No problem is so formidable that you can't just walk away from it.