Re: CREATE_PROBE_DISPLAY

[Matt Gaston]

Thanks for your help.  After playing with the debugger breifly, I decided to 
try and install
the binaries.  The installation went flawlessly except for a small problem 
(that was mine)
with xpm.

Alex and Marcus, thanks again!

Matt

Alex Lancaster wrote:

> >>>>> "MG" == Matt Gaston <address@hidden> writes:
>
> MG> Under Solaris 7 (2.7) I have built Swarm from source successfully.
>
> Firstly, we have binary packages for Solaris 2.7.  It's probably worth
> your while using those before resorting to a source build - that's why
> we build them in the first place!  See the following ftp site for the
> packages:
>
>  ftp://ftp.swarm.org/pub/swarm/binaries/solaris-2.7/
>
> The binary packages are all listed on the main download webpage (see
> Solaris 2.7):
>
>  http://www.swarm.org/release-swarm.html
>
> MG> Now, I am having a problem somewhere in the CREATE_PROBE_DISPLAY
> MG> macro.  The best description of the problem is a segmentation
> MG> fault.
>
> The _best description of the problem_ is a backtrace from `gdb'.  To
> merely report a seg fault is just reporting the symptom, not analysing
> the cause.
>
> MG> Any ideas where to start?  I thought I would ask the list before I
> MG> start editting the code.
>
> If the executable is called `bug' (say).  Go to the application
> directory (say simpleObserverBug) and type:
>
> $ gdb .libs/bug core
> $ bt
>
> Send the resulting backtrace (`bt' is the abbreviated command name) to
> the list.
>
> See also the section in the User Guide on debugging:
>
> http://www.santafe.edu/projects/swarm/swarmdocs/userbook/swarm.tech.sgml.sect1.debug.html
>
> MG> The seg fault occurs even in the simplest examples
> MG> (simpleObserverBug2)!
>
> I suspect something wrong in your Swarm build.  Also make sure your
> DISPLAY variable is set correctly.
>
> Alex
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