Re: Segmentation fault

From: Lew Pitcher (Lew.Pitcher_at_td.com)
Date: 04/28/05


Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:46:04 -0400


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Christian Christmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> on my notebook I've installed Debian Woody and upgraded it to Sarge.
>
> After the installation I've problems starting bunch of programs which all
> have been installed using aptitude.
> When I start xchat, mozilla, bugtrack ... the program is cancled with the
> error message: "Segmentation fault"
>
> Firefox aborts with the message:
> /usr/bin/firefox: line 349: 3740 Segmentation fault
> DISPLAY="${CMDLINE_DISPLAY}" ${MOZ_PROGRAM} -remote 'ping()' >/dev/null
> 2>&1
>
> The newsreader pan:
> GLib-ERROR **: gmem.c:174: failed to allocate 1476395008 bytes aborting...

So, it looks like you've run out of memory. Do you have swapping enabled? How
big is your swap partition?

Let's see the results from free(1)

- --
Lew Pitcher
IT Specialist, Enterprise Data Systems,
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employers')
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