Re: [aclug-L] Segmintation faults

[Wayne White <wwhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:32 AM 09/15/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Wayne White wrote:
>
>> What causes segmintation faults? Is it usually a software problem
>> or a hardware problem?
>
>A /segment/ation fault is basically an improper memory access. The
>immediate cause is software (the program tries to access memory that
>it shouldn't).  Whether there's a hardware problem (memory, say)
>behind _that_ bug is optional.
>
>-jeff
>
Okay, I think I understand. I'm running the Setiathome software on a 
new dual Celeron Linux machine. There is one stick of 128M Micron ECC
CAS2 PC100 dimm in there. It seems to seg fault only when another 
big/intensive process is running. I am using this new machine alot 
more than I did the old Linux box (486DX66) and that may be why I'm
seeing this on the new machine and didn't the old one. 

Thanks everyone for helping me understand seg faults.

Wayne

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