Questions tagged [segmentation-fault]
Problems related to an attempt made to access memory that the CPU cannot physically address. Also knows as segfault or bus error.
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Where do I find core dump files, and how do I view and analyze the backtrace (stack trace) in one?
When I run my C program on Ubuntu 20.04, I get this run-time error:
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
I really need to find and view the core file, but I can't find it anywhere. Where is it, and how ...
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What is a segmentation fault?
In Ubuntu I have faced the segmentation fault error many times. What is a segmentation fault and when does it occur?
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VLC crashes when opening any file, Ubuntu 20.04
My VLC player crashes every time I'm trying to open any video file. Removing/purging vlc, and reinstalling it does not change anything.
I recently upgraded my distro to 20.04 from 19.10. I never had ...
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Unity-control-center segmentation fault [closed]
I cannot open the system settings anymore.
unity-control-center
(unity-control-center:23772): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strsplit: assertion 'string != NULL' failed
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
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Some Steam games won't start up, gameoverlayrenderer.so error [closed]
I'm using an Intel HD Graphics card.
For the last few days, for an unknown reason, some Steam games won't start up, including Half-Life and Garry's Mod.
Here's the shell output with Half-Life:
Game ...
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Downside of unlimited core size? Where do core files go?
I have an upstart job that occasionally crashes with a segmentation fault, and I have a few questions about core dumps.
First, should I add a stanza:
limit core unlimited unlimited
Is there a ...
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How to compile GNU Emacs 25.1 on 16.10
I've managed to build and install (using checkinstall) an GNU Emacs 25.1 Debian package on 16.04, but on 16.10 for some unknown reason the compilation fails (at the make stage) giving the truncated ...
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Nautilus crashing because of Dropbox (Ubuntu 13.04)
I have a strange problem that causes Nautilus to crash:
When Dropbox is active and I click (even just once) on the Dropbox folder in my Home folder Nautilus crashes. When I turn it on again it shows ...
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Segmentation fault while installing Python 3.5: ensurepip
I got a segmentation fault while trying to install Python 3.5 on Ubuntu 21.10.
$ guettli@p15:~$ pyenv install 3.5.8
Downloading Python-3.5.8.tar.xz...
-> https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.8/...
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Program[Digikam] chooses wrong qt lib and crashes
I run Ubuntu 14.04 64bit. Digikam used to work but recently stopped working.
I was wondering if someone could help me work a way to resolve this issue.
I've had a response from the Digikam mailing ...
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Running bash does "segmentation fault core dumped"
I rebooted recently, and now terminal fails to work. If I click the terminal shortcut or use Guake or ctrl-alt-T, the terminal opens briefly with no prompt, then immediately closes again. I installed ...
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Segmentation fault (core dumped) in nam ubuntu 14.04 [closed]
when i use NS2 through terminal i keep getting a segment fault (core dumped) message.
g_0zek@g-0zeK-pc:~$ ns lab1.tcl
g_0zek@g-0zeK-pc:~$ nam lab1.nam
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
despite that ...
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Debugging php with gdb
I am attempting to debug a SIGSEGV on PHP on my Ubuntu 9.10.
I've installed php5-dbg to have the debug symbols available, however, when I start gdb, it shows the following output:
Reading symbols ...
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apt-get - Segmentation fault: Error Processing package libc-bin
Hi I am struggling with this for the past one month.
sudo apt-get upgrade and sudo apt-get autoremove is erroring out with following error
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
When I am running ...
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Synaptic and Software Centre Segmentation fault [closed]
Synaptic windows disappear after a few seconds when opened. This happens also for the Software Center. On running from the terminal it gives me this phrase "Segmentation fault" how can I fix that?
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Segmentation fault (core dumped) - GIMP
Running 15.10 / 32bit
I tried to install Gimp via PPA / with sudo apt-get install gimp and with Software center too. Each time after I uninstalled gimp, I used Purge command. And each time i tried to ...
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Is there a "reverse compatibility" mode for 22.04 LTS?
I have an app provided by my college as part of a course and when I run it on Ubuntu 22.04 it crashes with a segmentation fault. However if I run it on 18.04 LTS and 20.04 LTS it works fine. I have ...
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Why do a lot of programs crash in segmentation fault?
For a few days, a lot of programs do not launch properly. This includes Skype, Oracle VM Virtualbox, Scilab, Boinc, LÖVE, OMG! Words! and a little Java program I downloaded from the web (RemoteDroid). ...
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pop-theme causes gnome-control-center segmentation fault
Ubuntu 19.10
Gnome 3.28
I'm trying to run gnome-control-center
Result:
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Clear gnome-control-center .cache and .config
Remove all gnome extensions
Installed all ...
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segmentation fault when using su or sudo
example of the problem:
$ su
Segmentation fault
$ sudo ls
Segmentation fault
I tried to compile sqlite3 from source earlier. I don't know what libraries it installed. This may be the reason why this ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 suddenly freezes
Once or twice a day Ubuntu 20.04 suddenly freezes.
No network (can't ssh into it anymore)
graphics remain frozen
no usb (so no keyboard, no mouse)
no bluetooth (no mouse)
Audio repeats 0,5 seconds ...
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software-center update-manager both get segmentation fault
I am using Ubuntu 11.10. After upgrading, neither software-center nor update-manager would run. I get a segmentation fault when launched from the console.
I can do sudo apt-get update without problem, ...
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Window borders missing - gtk-window-decorator segmentation fault
I have been using Ubuntu for about 1 year now and I got a problem just two days ago. Suddenly I started experiencing a problem with the window borders (title bar with close, maximize, and minimize ...
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apt & aptitude segfault every time
Suddenly aptitude and apt are both bombing with segfaults; it seems to be related to the cache, as in aptitude I see the message "loading cache" before it dies:
Ouch! Got SIGSEGV, dying..
From apt-...
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mkdir crashes bash
I'm trying to create a directory in my home directory but the shell itself keeps crashing. I have permission to write to the directory. I am able to create files in the directory via touch. I can ...
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Crash during installation of flashplugin-installer after upgrade
I can't install flashplugin-installer after having upgraded from Maverick to Natty. Something crashes during the installation:
$ sudo aptitude install flashplugin-installer
The following NEW packages ...
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Nmap service detection Segmentation fault (core dumped)
The Problem
When I use nmap with the service detection flag(-sV) I get a Segmentation fault at the end of the scan. It doesn't matter which IP Address or domain, as long as it can scan it. I am using ...
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Is there a way to know what really caused a specific segfault?
I recently bought a new motherboard/cpu (Asus Rog Strix z690-a gaming wifi D4/Intel i7 12700K) and initially used my existing ubuntu 20.04 installation which I had installed when I had my previous ...
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Skype segmentation fault ubuntu 13.04 [closed]
Skype (from depots and website) Crashes with :
Erreur de segmentation (core dumped)
Tried to reinstall, no .skype in my /home
Maybe a clue : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=154571
I'...
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Chromium crashing very often on Ubuntu 12.04 [closed]
I have changed to Chromium recently ( as it works faster than Opera that I used to use ) but I have noticed that it crashes A LOT under very, VERY random circumstances. Sometimes it can go for hours, ...
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Ubuntu 13.10 wireshark crashes at start of capture with segfault unless ran as root
Wireshark has always worked without issue for me, but upon using it on 13.10 I find that as soon as I start a live capture it does nothing, the screen dims, then it crashes.
syslog shows:
wireshark[...
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Rhythmbox is not launching
I'm using Rhythmbox 2.99 in Ubuntu 13.10, and when I first launch the application it searches for music and works like a charm, but if I try to launch it later again nothing happens. When I run it in ...
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Unable to generate core dump after apport disable
Hi I'm currently programming c++ on Ubuntu and am unable to generate a core dump with a segmentation fault. I just get "Segementation fault" and not the (core dump) I have set ulimit -c unlimited.
I ...
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gcc segmentation fault on Ubuntu 12.04
I am trying to compile a C program on Ubuntu precise 12.04.
Here's the program:
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
printf("Hello World!");
return 0;
}
My gcc version is ...
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xorg segfaults after upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04.1 - how to proceed?
I just finished upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04.1 and after restarting I get a black screen with a blinking cursor (but can't type).
From Xorg.0.log:
[ 10.307] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
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Evince produces segmentation fault
Recently I have installed Ubuntu 18.04.1 on my laptop (Dell Precision M4700, 16GB RAM), it's quite pure at the moment. The problem is that Evince 3.30.0 produces segmentation fault (core dumped) on ...
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'Core Dumped' while opening Sublime Text 2
I am getting 4xxx Bus error (core dumped) while trying to open Sublime Text by using this command
/usr/lib/sublime-text-2/sublime_text --class=sublime-text-2 "$@" .
It was working perfectly ...
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nautilus exiting with segmentation fault after upgrade [closed]
I upgraded to UBuntu 11.10 yesterday from 11.04. Everything went smoothly except the fact that nautilus wont start anymore. It exits with a segmentation fault. Any idea how to stop this from happening....
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Segmentation fault (core dumped) while trying to install PyCBC
I am using ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS (Desktop) and tried to install the package PyCBC according to the first line provided at https://pycbc.org/pycbc/latest/html/install.html
That is, I ran:
pip3 install ...
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Frequent SIGSEGV and Segmentation Fault errors on Ubuntu 22.04
I'm frequently getting "SIGSEGV" and "Segmentation Fault" errors when running various applications on Ubuntu 22.04 (dozens of times a day). This has been happening since I got a ...
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Segmentation fault (core dumped) with apt upgrade [closed]
Ubuntu 19.04, upgraded from 18.04.
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 19.04
Release: 19.04
Codename: disco
It has been working and ...
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Problem with gnome-control-center (Segmentation fault) [closed]
I've been trying to fix this issue for a couple of days. I'm using Ubuntu 17.10.
If I try to execute gnome-control-center, I get a "segmentation fault" message.
If I use strace -e open gnome-...
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Using wmctrl with zenity prompt causes budgie-wm segmentation fault [closed]
I'm attempting to write a bash script that switches between workspaces with some dialog prompts along the way. I'm running Ubuntu 17.04 with Budgie remix.
When using wmctrl or zenity separately, they ...
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Steam/Steamcmd keeps segfaulting on Kubuntu 16.10 [closed]
This is my first question here so sorry if I sound dumb.
I'm using Kubuntu 16.10, and when I try to log in to Steam's client the app just crashes. Trying to run it in a terminal just results in it ...
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nslcd segfaults at start on Ubuntu 14.04
During boot, nslcd segfaults with these errors in syslog:
nslcd: segfault at 10 ip 00007f49c7798404 sp 00007f49c2f85060 error 4
nslcd: segfault at 10 ip 00007f49c7798404 sp 00007f49c2784060 error 4 ...
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14.04.2 apt-get: segfault: error 4 in libstdc++.so.6.0.19
I'm fairly new to Linux so please forgive some ignorance!
I've installed 14.04.2 Server 3 times now on a Dell Poweredge C6220.
Every time the installation appears to complete without error yet as ...
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mpd crashes on database update
Mpd (latest version from repositories, Ubuntu 14.10) crashes when refreshing the database.
At first it crashed on every m4a file, even with the necessary libraries (libmad0) installed and up to date.
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How can I rollback my GParted version?
I'm using ubuntu 14.04 with GParted 0.18. However, it seems to be inferior to previous iterations of it because it crashes every single time I try to resize a FAT32 partition or when I create a new ...
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apt-get segmentation fault (segfault at libapt-pkg)
Since this morning, I couldn't run apt-get and having no idea why. This is what I did so far:
# apt-get update
(updating list)
Fetched 2.797 kB in 7s (363 kB/s)
Segmentation faults... 33%
# apt-get ...
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Sword and Sworcery segfaults, how can I reinstall it?
I've just bought, installed Sword and Sworcery via the Software Centre.
When I run it, the screen goes black, the cursor changes and then all reverts back to normal.
I found the executable that ...
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