From: Isaac Waldron <waldroni AT lr DOT net>
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Subject: Re: wierd problem in Allegro 3.0
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 17:38:09 -0400
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Maxime wrote:
> 
> I've got the same problem with Allegro 3.0. According to the debugger, the
> problem comes from the set_gfx_mode function.
> Please help us.
> 
> Count Razumovsky <umyumm AT cc DOT umanitoba DOT ca> a écrit dans l'article
> <353362C2 DOT 5556 AT cc DOT umanitoba DOT ca>...
> > I'm experiencing a very strange problem in Allegro that I hope someone
> > can shed some light on.  I'm using Allegro 3.0 with the newest versions
> > of djgpp and rhide.  All my programs compile and link fine but when I
> > try to run the executable the program dies and I get this message:
> >
> > Shutting down Allegro
> > Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV
> > Page fault at eip=000028b8, error=0004
> > .
> > .     (* very cryptic letters and numbers in here *)
> > .
> > call frame traceback EIPS:
> > 0x000028b8
> > 0x0002d20a
> >
> > What does that mean?? Only some of the program's which use allegro give
> > me this error, not all of them.  Has anyone seen this error before and
> > if so how do you fix it???    Thanks.
> >

I would suggest compiling your source with the -g option, which will
give you the line number and function of the crash when it occurs and
you run symify after.

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