Re: Segmentation fault?

[David Bateman]

Try running gdb on octave or "valgrind --tool=memcheck" and identify 
where exactly the seg-fault is happening..

D.

According to Vic Norton <address@hidden> (on 01/10/05):
> I've narrowed down my segmentation-fault problem. It seems to be the 
> consequence of the two word command:
>    octave> clear all
> Does "clear all" have known problems?
> 
> Anyway, here are two scenarios that describe my situation.
> 
> Scenario 1.
> I open octave. I run my script. Everything works perfectly. I quit 
> octave. No problems. Output saved by the script is just what it ought 
> to be.
> 
> Scenario 2.
> I open octave. I run my script. Everything works perfectly. I type in 
> "clear all" and hit return. No problem. I quit octave. After a 
> significant pause I get the message
>    panic: Segmentation fault -- stopping myself...
>    attempting to save variables to `octave-core'...
>    save to `octave-core' complete
>    Segmentation fault
> Output saved by the script is just what it ought to be.
> 
> This is not a big problem for me. The script does what it is supposed 
> to and everything is saved. Quitting octave to clear out variables 
> and subroutines works fine. I just restart octave if I want to do 
> something else.
> 
> However there does seem to be a problem with the command "clear all". 
> Any ideas? Any suggestions?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Vic
> 
> 
> 
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