Re: [gtk-list] Re: ** ERROR **: sigsegc caught

[Nathan Whittacre <nwhit whittrio com>]

On 23 Apr 1998, Owen Taylor wrote:

> 
> Nathan Whittacre <nwhit@whittrio.com> writes:
> 
> > I am new to Gtk, but not to Linux.  I am just trying to get familiar with
> > the Gtk libraries by going through the tutorial, but every time I attempt
> > to run a Gtk program I get the error messages : **ERROR**: sigsegv caught
> > 
> > I am running RedHat 5.0 with all the errata updates, Gtk+ version 1.0.0,
> > compiled version, not rpm.  Kernel version 2.0.32, running X 3.3.2 and
> > Enlightenment 0.13.3.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Well, the first thing to check to see if the testgtk program
> that was built in the gtk/ subdirectory works. If it does, then
> it probably has something to do with the way you are entering
> or compiling the tutorial programs.
> 
> It is also possible that you are running into a bug in GTK+,
> though it is known to work on similar configurations.
> 
> If you are writing GTK+ programs, you should compile GTK+ with the
> --enable-debug option. That will often give more useful information
> than a simple segfault.
> 
> You can get more information about where the segfault is occuring
> by running it under the debugger. At the risk of stating the
> obvious, this is done by:
> 
>  - compiling your program with the -g flag
>  - running the program under gdb:

I did a little bit more research into it, and yes, testgtk does work.  But
for some reason the tutorial programs do not still.  They seem to segfault
at gtk_init(&argc, &argv)  I am compiling like the tutorial explained with
the gtk-config --cflags / --libs ...  ???  I am stumped.

Nathan Whittacre
nwhit@whittrio.com