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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VLC segmentation fault - XBMC core dumped [closed]
I am running Ubuntu Gnome 14.10 and VLC media player 3.0.0-git Vetinari (revision 3.0.0~~git20141205+r58841+31~ubuntu14.10.1)
Since yesterday when I try to watch videos VLC crashes and I get:
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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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Zend Studio 9 crashes after Ubuntu 14.04 upgrade - Segmentation fault
I have a big problem after upgrading my Ubuntu to the 14.04 version. I am a developer and I use the Zend Studio 9 to develop my web applications.
When I start the Zend Studio 9 I get a Segmentation ...
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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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Nautilus crashes on file/folder drag, Icon issues 14.04
Ubuntu 14.04, Unity. Nautilus crashes without error message when I try to drag any file/folder. Left click and hold on anything, the second it moves a millimeter, Nautilus crashes/closes. ...
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libX11 Segmentation fault & no login [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr with kernel (3.13.29). A couple of days ago the login screen doesn’t allow me to login. In the error log there is a
gnome-session error Segmentation fault on ...
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NAM installation problem in NS2, Segmentation Fault [duplicate]
I am having trouble running the network animator on Ubuntu14.04. It
gives me this error segmentation fault (core dumped). I am using NAM version
1.15 and ns2-2.34.
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Upgrade to 14.04 failed: segmentation fault on su
I just upgraded my 64 bit AMD desktop Xubuntu to 14.04 after easy, successful upgrades of 2 other machines to Lubuntu. There were numerous errors during the upgrade and now it seem to be in an almost ...
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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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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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eog does not recognize .png file format and many icons are gone
I use Ubuntu 12.04 and XFCE desktop on a PC with nVidia graphics card. I ran into Segmentation fault during a Ubuntu update process. An very inconvenient consequence is that .png files cannot be ...
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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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Locale-gen segmentation fault
I'm trying to generate locales, but locale-gen (localedef?) segfaults.
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
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ubuntu applications segfaults and filesystem remounts with readonly mode [closed]
i dropped a hard disk. after installing fresh kubuntu 12.04LTS applications keeps segfaulting and filesystem remounts with readonly mode. i checked hard disk for bad sectors but none are found.
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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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KoalaWriter - Segmentation fault (core dumped)
I just downloaded the tar.gz file for the "KoalaWriter", a word editor that helps focus on the writing. In the Terminal I went to the folder "KoalaWriter" in my home directory, then did exactly what ...
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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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Permission issues causes Unity Segmentation fault
I upgraded from 13.04 to 13.10 and I can boot to the unity-greeter and login just fine, but after login I just get a black screen with a cursor. I have tried following
http://help.ubuntu.com/...
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wsnet simulator: Segmentation fault (core dumped) during installation
I installed wsnet simulator about one month ago and everything was OK (I had any problem).
Now I uninstalled wsnet ( sudo rm –r /usr/local/wsnet.2)
I want to install it again and I follow install ...
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Qt 5.1.1 installation problem
I am new to ubuntu and using 12.04 LTS. I tried to install Qt5.1.1 without software manager. I downloaded the qt-linux-opensource-5.1.1-x86-offline.run file and ran it.
It ran smoothly and got a ...
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Problem with pdf file opening in terminal
when i tried to open a pdf file in terminal using xpdf i get segmentation fault error.
how do I solve this?
here is the command and error message:
xpdf 320Lecture10.pdf
***** MediaBox = ll:0,0 ur:...
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Rhythmbox 2.96 keeps crashing
Rhythmbox has been crashing a lot lately. I get three different kinds of messages before everything dies in a horrible segmentation fault.
The first, which is most common:
(rhythmbox:6475): GLib-...
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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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'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 "$@" .
It was working perfectly ...
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laptop-mode-tools segfault, can't boot
I installed the laptop-mode-tools package. When the service starts (term reads "Enabling laptop mode"), a segmentation fault occurs.
I can't boot the system now. I tried to remove the package from ...
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myloader Segmentation fault (core dumped) [closed]
myloader --directory=$DB_DUMP --queries-per-transaction=50000 \
--threads=$THREADS --compress-protocol --verbose=3 \
--socket=$MYSQL_SOCK --user=$MYSQL_USER --password=$MYSQL_PASS
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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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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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Ubuntu 12.10 segmentation faults, damaged crash reports, random letters changing in files
I have Ubuntu 12.10, on an SSD (OCZ Agility 3 128GB), with a modestly overclocked i5-2500k (4.4GHz) on motherboard P8Z68V_LX. I think there may be a problem with the SSD. Its fairly unused, and is ...
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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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Various segfaults in syslog; firefox, apt-get and other apps broken
I am working on an Ubuntu 12.04 installation that has recently started misbehaving. It is used by multiple people at an office, so it's possible someone messed things up (although the only user who is ...
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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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Filemanagers crash all the time
I'm using Lubuntu 12.04 and having problems with the filemanager. When I try to open the filemanager nothing happens. In the dmesg log the following error is shown:
pcmanfm[2330]: segfault at 10 ip ...
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Lubuntu 12.10 64-bit: programs won't run
I hope, I can get an answer, I didn't find any related topic, so I decided to make a new one... So I tried to install several applications like Neverball or SuperTux and they do install, but in fact ...
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Why does the Julius speech recognition engine return a segmentation fault when passing a WAV file?
I installed the julius and julius-voxforge packages on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and now I'm trying to run the julius command on a WAV file called test.wav. I ran this command:
julius -input raw test.wav
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Software center not opening (Segmentation fault) [closed]
usman@usmanPC:~$ software-center
2012-11-20 18:23:17,310 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO - setting up proxy 'None'
2012-11-20 18:23:17,320 - softwarecenter.db.database - INFO - open() database: ...
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Unable to boot 12.04 due to segmentation fault
I am having 12.04 LTS installation alongside Windows 7. When I boot Ubuntu, it fails to boot into login screen instead it gives the following error:
udevd[121]: 'sbin/blkid -o udev -p /dev/sda2' [284]...
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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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Mediatomb segmentation fault on start watching video
I upgraded to 12.04 (from 10.04) today and it broke my mediatomb. The issue I'm having is when I try to watch a video then media tomb suddenly crashes. I added the -D flag to the options and ran the ...
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Edited libappmenu.so and now apps only run as root [closed]
so I was trying to add global menu support for Eclipse from this short fix from here and it worked. I tried adding another application into that by typing the application in there as well and it didn'...
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Audacity, Openshot, Ardour fail to launch 12.04 precise
I'm using a Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz × 2, with GeForce 210/PCIe/SSE2 graphics. 32 bit.
I have been using Audacity fine in 10.10, and 11.10 but since upgrading to 12.04 precise, it ...
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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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conky Segmentation fault (core dumped) [closed]
I installed the new ubuntu 12.04 and i like it very much, but conky is giving me some problems
sometimes it is working normal, and the the next second conky is gone,
when i try to restart,
i get ...
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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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Upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 failed, can't even find the hard drive anymore
I'm working on upgrading some virtual machines that were on 11.10 and need to be upgraded to 12.04. (Because of an extremely large mysql database, a fresh install isn't really a good option.) I do ...
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Can't run chromium-browser after last update
I updated my ubuntu ,and now I can't run chromium.
padra@padra-Inspiron-N5110:~$ chromium-browser
[8347:8347:7877547751:ERROR:extension_error_reporter.cc(56)] Extension error: Could not load ...
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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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Totem fails at start (totem:3808), after activating dbus plugin
I am using Ubuntu 11.10; Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic with Gnome 3.2.1
Yesterday I was browsing through the totem plugins and accidentally hit activate on the dbus plugin.
When I started Totem ...
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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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Segmentation Fault and other issues after switching to XFCE
After switching to XFCE.. Many apps are segfaulting including VirtualBox and MonkeyStudio.
Apps like Minitube give this warning
Creating accessible with different object than the original interface!...
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