You wouldn't happen to be having problems with netscape, would you? Chuck On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 06:24:48PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > 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/ -- 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/