we all know what a segfault is. however, what exactly is a "bus error"? can somone show me a "hello world" type program that barfs with a SIGBUS? something like: char *p; /* p is a pointer to a char */ p = (char *) rand(); /* now p points to la-la land */ printf("\%c", *p); /* whammo: a segfault! */ but which produces a bus error... pete -- PGP Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D PGP Public Key: finger p@dirac.org -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/