--- Pablo Manalastas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Linux, like other Unix-like operating systems, is a protected mode > OS. > Each of the several processes that are running in the system is > protected > from being intentionally or accidentally written over by another > process. > If process A attempts to write to memory assigned to process B, the > the > OS aborts process A, announces a "Segmentation Fault",and (on > request) > writes into a file called "core" the memory image of process A.
when i installed my motorola sm56 "modem" on prebuild mdk9.0 kernels, i get segmentation faults. it is a binary driver which was kludged (www.sm56.tk) i read an article from the internet that the modem worked with 2.4.18 redhat kernels by replacing the gcc-3.2 rpms with gcc-2.96 and cpp-2.96. on the other hand, i just installed gcc-2.96 and modified the kernel source tree's makefile. then i got an error in compiling an atm network card which i did not need so removed it later in make configs. i'm impatient in compiling the kernel but i have my modem working =) there were no segmentation faults. but now, the X server crashes after disconnecting (sometimes). is there a huge difference between the 2 gcc's on the way they handle the segmentation fault errors? __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
