From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 21 20:58:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 654FB10656C4 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:58:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f220.google.com (mail-gx0-f220.google.com [209.85.217.220]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 194808FC0A for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:58:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by gxk20 with SMTP id 20so6554983gxk.19 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:58:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/YaICY0NiYdDTq+qPfVI/pQfI065iDlEWm2uks7BUJ0=; b=k6MG0ZoJJElqaz6dvMVuRPlwRC3HH9Cn8cRx40Feybsq4erDrVT0P8Q6Saa3sN38Pa j9NuZ+loTDX+jEZNbvxarhRwIxqUXvMGPA6UizdRInfUVKuyVGnGFDDhNWefiHFt8w69 290ZHL8iZb13IvNaDFpY0v4lnOde5UkLgRX2c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hvrVOTTEhl0S6UGqrRmiw/0LaCm3JlyipSrg8nzbxNnq0tA0pQkA1lOiQWbhzgXaLq zWVgXwwSSZavfh39JdrReacbhr62Nqzoue4a986maQ4D2rJSoKvsnr92ikGaZOg6QTVs SiXkz9jehTB2ajo3dZP7gpj8lXtglktIIgaoI= Received: by 10.90.91.9 with SMTP id o9mr9332372agb.10.1240347502304; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:58:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?216.16.29.53? (host-53.216-16-29.iw.net [216.16.29.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm11294561agb.50.2009.04.21.13.58.21 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:58:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49EE336F.20301@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:58:23 -0500 From: Adam Vandemore User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: perl script failed at different stages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:58:27 -0000 Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > Hi, > I guess this is not a REAL freebsd problem, but I am running a perl > script on freebsd7.0/perl 5.10 system. This script failed with > "segmentation fault" at different stages with different input files, > and sometimes the script actually finishes and gives the reasonable > output. So does this mean the script is fine, but others are at fault? > e.g. memory.. or..?? any advice is welcome. > If you suspect bad memory, best to replace w/ known good or test somewhere that is not a concern. Bad hardware and memory especially can cause many many different unexpected symptoms, and can be tricky to run down. -- Adam Vandemore Systems Administrator IMED Mobility (605) 498-1610