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LadyFlamestress

Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:24 pm


What does segmentation violation mean?

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I'm just curious cause my program keeps saying it. I use a lot of pictures, so I'm thinking it's a memory thing. But how do I fix it?


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ecookman

Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:05 pm


RE:What does segmentation violation mean?

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ive never heard of it but I will look into it.


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[Gandalf]

Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:01 pm


RE:What does segmentation violation mean?

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That's a useless post if there ever was one, ecookman...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmentation_fault


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rdrake

Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:58 pm


Re: RE:What does segmentation violation mean?

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That's a useless post if there ever was one, ecookman...

QFT.

It basically means you're touching memory not allocated to you.  Stop that.


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andrew.

Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:05 pm


RE:What does segmentation violation mean?

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Sounds like you are using so much memory that it tries to write over a section where it's not allowed to.


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Tony

Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:25 pm


RE:What does segmentation violation mean?

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Except that this is Turing, so chances are it's some internal error. There was another thread recently, where loading a faulty .gif file caused segmentation faults.

As with most bugs -- try to isolate where in your program this fault occurs.