Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!gatech!rutgers!mtunx!mtune!codas!spec0!blm From: blm@spec0.UUCP (Bharat Lal Madhyani) Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs Subject: Re: Segmentation Violation Summary: Use sdb Keywords: new nethack Message-ID: <89@spec0.UUCP> Date: 6 May 88 19:12:25 GMT References: <1231@uokmax.UUCP> <33528@orcrist.uucp> Organization: Spectrum Technology Group, Alt. Sp. Fl. Lines: 9 In article <33528@orcrist.uucp>, rossm@orcrist.uucp (Ross McCammon) writes: > > I'm getting a Segmentation fault on a Sun everytime I try to "rub" a lamp. > Anyone else? Try using sdb, to locate the error. Basically, somehow , one of the pointers has an illegal address, which is pointing outside your address space. May the source be with you :-)