Re: segmentation fault

[Peter Ross <petdr@cs.mu.oz.au>]

On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 03:45:21AM +0200, Pocsaji Miklós wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've got a problem with 'su': when I want to change to root, I type in a
> correct password & I get a 'Segmentation fault' message. I am almost a
> beginner in the Linux world, so I am fully confused.
> 
A segmentation fault usually means that the program has a bug in it.
However in your situation I would imagine that you have some faulty
memory.  Try running the memtest program and see what happens.

Pete