Re: Stack Overflow

[janneke]

Carl McTague <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm having a bit of trouble getting Lilypond to work on my system.
> I'm using FreeBSD 4.1.  The newest development version actually
> compiles fine--right out of the tar--but when I run it the following
> happens.
> 
>   address@hidden(test) ly2dvi praeludium-fuga-E.ly.txt
>   ly2dvi (GNU LilyPond) 1.3.102
>   executing: lilypond  praeludium-fuga-E.ly.txt 2>&1
>   GNU LilyPond 1.3.102.ERROR: Stack overflow

That's a guile error.  Maybe there's a problem with your guile setup,
do you use plain guile-1.4?

> It has happened consistently with each build I have made (several
> different versions of lilypond).  Any suggestions?  Is there any more
> specific information I can give you to help?

Yes, you can compile guile with debugging symbols, link lilypond
statically to guile, run lilypond in gdb and set a breakpoint in
scm_error.  That should tell you (us) where the problem is.

Greetings,
Jan.

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Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
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