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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

When I was getting a segmentation fault trying to install Realplayer8 
someone suggested running it with strace.

Realplayer8 is working on ONE of our computers, under XVESA (in BL2), so 
its segfaults are not caused by XVESA.

Has anyone tried WP8 in BL1 with plain VGA X?

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> James Miller wrote:
> > Installing grep from Slack 4.0 caused the installation to
> > complete.  But the binary won't run:
>
> Were there any warnings or other messages during the
> installation process?
>
> > I get a splash screen, a small popup window,
>
> That's progress.
>
> > then the whole thing exits.  It says "Segmentation fault"
>
> Damn.  The most likely cause of a segfault is Xvesa.
> I have seen other perfectly good binaries segfault
> on Xvesa.
>
> > Also, the prompt in the xterm is a little wierd:
> > ---------------------------------------
> > sh: getcwd(): No such file or directory
> > ----------------------------------------
>
> The usual cause of that is deleting the current directory
> while you are still in it (perhaps the installation routine
> did this?).  Try going to a different directory and see if
> the problem persists.
>
> Busybox binaries are more prone to getcwd() problems
> than the full versions of the binaries.  Replacing the
> busybox sh with bash might help.  Using the real bash
> might also have a positive effect on the installation
> routine (perhaps avoiding whatever is causing the segfault).
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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