Re: [pbmserv-dev] Segmentation faults on compiled game programs

[John Williams <williams@tni.com>]

There are several conditions which I know of that will cause segfaults.
(Maybe we should patch these up to return a useful message someday...)

PBMHOME not set
missing the games/<GameType> directory
SENDER not set (for some commands; "move" and "challenge" work ok)

If this is the first game you're are trying, also make sure the etc,
ratings, history, and standings directories exist.

~ John Williams


On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Mark Ballinger wrote:

> I'm running a pretty basic debian linux system and trying to compile and
> run some of the game programs, for example wizard.
>
> I am continually getting a Segmentation fault when I try to run the
> compiled program.  I'm hoping there is a simple thing I'm doing wrong
> before I start trying to debug this.
>
> Is anybody else compiling and running on debian?  I'm using the g++
> package for debian sid, version 3.3.1-2.  Not sure what other information
> would be useful in tracking this down.
>
> -mark
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