Questions tagged [segmentation-fault]
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How OS detects memory access violations
How does an operating system (preferably Linux) know that you've accessed a memory location that you're not allowed to?
This question was inspired by those damn pointers! The way I see it is: everything in computers is about a compromise between…
Doddy
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Segmerntation fault when running extundelete on Ubuntu - what to do?
I have a partition raw image on which I am trying to run extundelete to undelete some files from an ext4 filesystem. Unfortunately extundelete exits with a segmentation fault.
Is there anything I can do?
root@ubuntu-VirtualBox:~# extundelete…
Mel
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segfault error 4 in libc-2.11.1.so
Key Info: Ubuntu 64 Lucid (No memory issues, no new hardware)
Nearly every application dies with this segfault. Googling around finds dozens of posts that have this exact problem and not a single solution so hopefully you guys can give me a…
Shawn
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Wireshark won't launch, Segmentation Fault, Kali Linux
Wireshark won't launch when logged in as root or normal user. I receive segmentation fault in the terminal window every time.
Output from the terminal (the same for both root and normal user):
root@kali:~# wireshark
Segmentation fault
root@kali:~#…
Teer
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Ffmpeg segmentation fault when concatenating H264 videos
I run Ffmpeg in Docker for transcoding purposes. I've been using static builds from John Van Sickle's website for around 5 years now without issues.
We've packaged Ffmpeg with a .NET application to handle the process around using Ffmpeg for…
ProgrammingLlama
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iexplore.exe - The memory could not be "written"
Using IE8 I'm randomly getting the error:
iexplore.exe - Application Error
The instruction at "0x7c0c5a6c" referenced memory at "0x7c0c5a6c". The memory could not be "written". Click on OK to terminate the program. Click on CANCEL to debug the…
DeveloperDan
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bash Segfault by infinite recursion
I just noticed that the bash I'm using (4.2.25(1)) isn't protected against infinite function recursion. In such a case a Segfault happens (and the bash process terminates). To check this on your bash, just type:
$ bash
$ f() { f; }
$ f
(Starting…
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Crash without Core dump
First of all: I have core dumps enabled and they work most of the time.
So one programm crashes every now and then and generates a core dump. But sometimes it crashes without a core dump. Which is very frustrating.
Are there any crashes which are…
why.n0t
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Why mutt terminates with segmentation error?
I pressed $, in order to sync mailbox, but mutt just quit...
In fact mutt dose not quit every time I press $, it only quits sometimes. So how do I figure out the reason why mutt quits? Is this a bug in `mutt'?
The error message is:
Sorting…
hugemeow
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GDB debugging tool for linux
I'm executing a pro*c executable in linux and I've got segmentation fault error. But there is no core file dumped.
Thus, I want to debug the program using GDB debugging tool. However, I see that it is not installed on my Linux machine (a RHEL 5.3).…
missingsemicolon
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grep segfaults when passed "-r" and "--exclude-dir" and stdin is a pipe
If I pipe data into grep AND pass the "-r" flag (recurse subdirs) AND pass the "--exclude-dir" flag (e.g. to skip ".git" directories), then it segfaults. If any one of these things is missing, then it's fine.
$ ls | grep -r --exclude-dir=\.git…
Jonathan Hartley
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Sudo aptitude search produces bus error
I've got a strange aptitude error while performing search:
$ sudo aptitude search pcre
Bus error
$ sudo aptitude search libpcre
Bus error
$ sudo aptitude autoclean
Bus errorackage lists... 0%
What is wrong here? How do I fix this?
aptitude update…
Nemoden
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When does Windows use "The memory could not be 'read'/'written'" or " has stopped working" for access violations?
What is the difference between the following error messages?
The instruction at "" referenced memory at "". The memory could not be "read"/"written".
has stopped working (assuming an access violation occurred;…
bwDraco
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The Operating System is not generating core dump by default when an application crashes?
I am working on Linux Fedora version :2.6.31.5.
I set the prior requirement of core dump size to "unlimit".
The problem is whenever an exception happens it is showing the message like Segementaion fault(core dumped) and other exception messages of…
vlc
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Attempted to update to Natty Narhwal (11.04 alpha 3), Power was interrupted
I set up my computer to run the update overnight; my grandmother said it was making a lot of noise so she shut it off.
Trouble is, the upgrade didn't finish. Now, Xorg refuses to start; the computer boots to command line, and 'startx' returns that…
Tasuret
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