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Matthew Gibbins wrote:
> 
> Hello fellow slackers,
>         Anybody else experiencing problems with
> "Segmentation Fault (Core Dumped)"?
>         It is happening with far too much frequency and specificity to be
>  a trivial problem. It so far happens when I execute "more" command;
>  "useradd -D"; and also when running XF86Setup the core dumps when I select
>  the option to use an already existing XF86Config file that works none
>  the less.
>         If possible could somebody please direct me to a solution to this
>  problem and possible means of diagnoses.
>         Please reply by email to ensure receipt of information thankyou.

(CC'ing to Matthew)

It depends :-)
I found that with kernel 2.0.30 and glibc-2.0.4 I sometimes get
segfaults under heavy load.  It happened less frequently before I
installed glibc and never happened with kernel 2.0.29...
OTOH I had regular segfaults on a slightly overclocked s***ty VLB 
motherboard.

So, it is most likely to be a hardware problem.  AFAIK the best way
to check your h/w is to roll a kernel, see
http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ for details.  I don't remember if
they're discussing bus speeds there -- linux seems to be rather
sensitive to overclocking -- check if your bus is running too fast :)
especially if you've a cheap-ish motherboard.

As for software -- kernel 2.0.30 isn't all that great, and of course
if you use any development stuff you're on your own.

HTH
-- 
Dimitri
emaziuk at curtin dot edu dot au
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