Re: Segmentation Fault Question

[Mel Harbour <mrh30 cam ac uk>]

I've managed to narrow the problem down a bit.  The segmentation fault
occurs when the function display() calls gtk_window_new.  Does anyone
have any ideas what gtk_window_new is doing to cause a segfault here?

Mel

Mel Harbour wrote:
> Appologies if this isn't the right place to post this!
>
> A program I'm writing, using GTK, is failing to run correctly.  In short 
> it throws out a segmentation fault the first time I call something gtk 
> related other than gtk_init.
>
> My code is at http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~mrh30/sandbox.c
> with header file sandbox.h from the same address.
>
> The fault originates somewhere in the function permittedsyscall.  If I 
> comment out the line 'display();' in the above function, the program 
> runs as expected and will output a list of all the files opened by the 
> program run through the sandbox.
>
> If you get rid of the code to extract those filenames and put the 
> display() line back in, it also runs (apparently) correctly, putting a 
> window up on screen.
>
> If I have both however, I get segmentation faults, which I would have 
> thought was quite odd since neither part has any dealings with the other 
> part.
>
> Mel
>
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