Seg faults

[Leon Goldstein]

Harry G. wrote:

>I have a new system and did a fresh install of Libranet 2.8.1.  I am getting 
>TONS of seg faults on almost all programs I am trying to run, including 
>dpkg.  
>
>I suspect a memory problem (Kensington 512meg).  I have been running a 
>memtest for about 10 hours now, but nothing shows.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
Are your CD"s burned from the download?

In addition to the other suggestions, get hold of a Knoppix CD if you 
can and see what happens.
If you suspect memory, run - free - and verify that all of your 
installed memory is recognized.

It would help to know what hardware you have.  I take it that Lib 2.8.1 
installed without error,
set up X, printer, etc. and installed your selected packages?

What are the apps that DO run? Dpkg had to run on install, otherwise you 
would not complete the installation.

I noticed that you have posted on the Libranet mail list.  I  get the 
mail list digest, but it is read-only.  There is also a forum.  I 
suggest you post there, with a full description of your hardware.  It 
sounds like a hardware problem, and someone with the same setup has 
probably been there too.
 
Run ldd on some of the apps that work, and some that seg fault.  For  
the support libs required by the apps that seg fault, and are NOT 
required by the ones that work, use kpkg (File ? Find Package) and see 
what is listed in the "depends" in the Properties tab.  Also, verify 
that "status" says "install OK installed."  You may have a critical 
support lib that did not set up properly.

-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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