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From: olaf@ntc.UUCP (olaf kaestner)
Newsgroups: net.bugs,net.bugs.usg,net.micro.68k,net.unix-wizards
Subject: HELP - my net software crashes
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Date: Fri, 5-Jul-85 13:56:15 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  5 13:56:15 1985
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Here is my problem:
My machine is an Altos 68000 running UNIX System III, Altos release 2.0a.
After installation of the Usenet software (2.10.2) I noticed that expire
never ran properly, it always crashed with a message "memory fault - core
dumped." After a little while my pile of articles grew and now the same
message appears for vnews and readnews. Sometimes I get the message
"segmentation fault - core dumped" and the terminal is locked.

One observation I made was that the core dumps most of the time (not always)
are exactly 64k in size.

Is anybody out there who has (hopefully solved) this same problem?

The Usenet software is the only one causing me trouble. I have big databases
and a word processor running with no complaint at all.

Please contact me if you can suggest a cure.

Olaf Kaestner		(..!hplabs!hpda!dmsd!ntc!olaf)
Nixdorf Technology Center
2700 Augustine Dr., Suite 271
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 748-0420