On 07-Jul-01 Linux - User wrote:
Hi guys !
I'm using SuSE 7.1 on my Database Servers, using the Default SuSE JDK 1.1.8
I need to load some Java Classes to the Database, with the "loadjava" script that came already with Oracle Database.
When I run the loadjava script it gave me the:
oracle@preprod:~/8i/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/bin > loadjava SIGSEGV received at bfffdb38 in /opt/oracle/8i/u01/app/oracle/jre/1.1.8/lib/linux/native_threads/libjava .so. Processing terminated Writing stack trace to javacore839.txt ... OK Segmentation fault
Talking about seg-faulting etc.:
1. Anyone getting (like me) segfault with "xfractint" as soon as you
press the "DEL" button to "Choose fractal type"? [This on SuSE 7.2
in my case].
2. Netscape 4.77 on 7.2 is quite predictably collapsing with "bus error"
for some sites. While that is not news for Netscape (it's been a bane
since Netscape 3), I was hoping to see less of it after upgrading
from Netscape 3.1 Gold (on SuSE 5.1) to 4.77 on 7.2 since latterly
many sites use Java code which throws the old version.
Or is there a problem with recent Java in Linux?
3. I noticed a recent posting about kwintv 8.5 segfaulting in SuSE 7.2
I don't use xwintv myself, but see this as adding a detail to a
picture.
4. THIS ONE IS SERIOUS. I have tried the Acrobat Reader that comes with
SuSE 7.2 on several PDF files. In _each_and_every_case_ it begins to
show the file, and then come[s] one or more popup window[s] which
say[s]:
There was an error processing a page
Segmentation Violation caught
Many of these are files which have been displayed without problems by
earlier versions of Acrobat Reader. This applies not only to PDF files
I have created myself, but also to ones which can be found on the
7.2 distribution such as
/usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/hyperref/manual.pdf
(this one, if ftp'd across to the old system, displays perfectly under
Acrobat Reader 3.0, no "Segmentation Violation").
However, if I turn off Smoothing
(File->Preferences->General->Smooth Text and Images->unselect)
all is well.
Usually I get the above "Segmentation Violation caught"; occasionally
it exits with a message "Exited with error code 0x400e0009".
5. Have a go with "xcam". Click "Preferences" and then click on the
button for "Show advanced options" or "Show kooltips". Again, I get a
segmentation fault. (On either monitor). (Mind you, I don't have any
relevant devices available, but even so it shouldn't segfault).
Now, I see three main possible explanations here. One is that I have
dodgy hardware (RAM or CPU or Motherboard), but on the other hand it is
brand-new and it has been checked by the supplier.
Another is that SuSE-7.2 comes with rather a lot of software which is
buggy and segfaults anyway (e.g. Acrobat Reader ... ??). The above
is only what I have noticed myself, and I haven't gone through
everything installed by a long way.
A third is that there is something not right with the SuSE-7.2 core:
kernel or basic libs, which is incompatible with the programs which
segfault.
I would very much like to have a good indication of why this is happening.
This system is intended for use in real work, and soon. This will involve
a lot of work "migrating" existing software to the new system. I cannot
accept using it "in real life" if I can't trust it, and I don't want to
do all that work and then find out I have to start again with a different
distribution.
Any offers for explanations, anyone?
Ted.
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