Hi kerry. Thanks for that information. The reason I'm so interested in seg faults is simply because ari-yahoo tends to only work every second night for me. I gotta tell u it's givin me the s**ts. and, as far as I'm aware, ari-yahoo is the only console based yahoo messenger client available for linux. correct me if I'm wrong people? Shaun.. "We realise we have a problem with communication. However, we're not going to discuss it with our staff." EMAIL: shauno at goanna.net.au ICQ: 76958435 YAHOO ID: blindman01_2000 IRC NICK/SERVER: |3|1ndm4n on #aussiefriends on www.jong.com:6667 On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Kerry Hoath wrote: > If you are experiencing random memory corruption > or there is something wrong with your c-libaries you can get segfaults. > I got a segfault in rm the ohter day on an unstable system I had > and I know that wasn't bad coding. > You can often strace the program to see which function is causing > it to drop its bundle. > > Regards, Kerry. > On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 11:17:54PM +1000, Shaun Oliver wrote: > > ah. now I see. it's a little clearer to me now. > > basicly it's due to bad programming then? and not necissarly on the part > > of the compiler either. from what kirk just posted, it's either the fault > > of the coder him/herself or it's simplya memory issue. > > > > > > Shaun.. > > "We realise we have a problem with communication. However, we're not going > > to discuss it with our staff." > > EMAIL: shauno at goanna.net.au ICQ: 76958435 > > YAHOO ID: blindman01_2000 IRC NICK/SERVER: |3|1ndm4n on #aussiefriends on > > www.jong.com:6667 > > > > On 15 Jun 2001, Kirk Reiser wrote: > > > > > A segfault or segmentation fault or violation is when a pointer in the > > > code tries to access memory outside the range allocated as user space > > > by the operating system. I really mean outside your user memory > > > space. There are many reasons for getting segfaults but the most > > > common is when the programmer didn't use a memory pointer correctly in > > > their code. In a program which doesn't have all of it's components > > > installed, a segfault will occur because the program which faulted > > > tried to access memory, such as shared, and it wasn't available. The > > > o.s. says, woops you're trying to get out of your allowable range, > > > naughty naughty. > > > > > > Kirk > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > > > e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > > > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > -- > Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net > alternatives: kerry at gotss.eu.org or kerry at gotss.spice.net.au > ICQ UIN: 8226547 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
