Re: Segmentation fault - meaning
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 02:55:11PM +0000, Fred Richards wrote:
> I've installed a package on a PC, and then the same on a laptop. When
> I try to run it on the laptop I get a segmentation fault. What does
> that mean, and what sorts of things might cause it?
It's almost impossible to answer that usefully in such general terms.
A segmentation fault means that the program accessed an area of memory
which it was not supposed to access. It almost always indicates a bug:
for instance, a pointer to some memory might have been accidentally
overwritten with junk.
Beyond that, I'd need to see specifics.
Cheers,
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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