# Problem using YAML

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/problem-using-yaml/11610>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [18 May 2004 20:57 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/problem-using-yaml/11610 "2004-05-18T20:57:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carol\_Almquist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Carol\_Almquist](https://rubytalk.org/u/Carol_Almquist)\
**Post date:** [18 May 2004 20:57 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/problem-using-yaml/11610/1 "2004-05-18T20:57:15Z")

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0.44 - is that the latest?

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> -----Original Message-----  
> From: why the lucky stiff [[mailto:ruby-talk@whytheluckystiff.net](mailto:ruby-talk@whytheluckystiff.net)]  
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 3:18 PM  
> To: [ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org)  
> Subject: Re: Problem using YAML
> 
> Carol Almquist wrote:
> 
> > I am using ruby 1.8.1 and yaml to store data records. After a few minutes  
> > I  
> > get one of the following error messages.
> > 
> > /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:39: [BUG] rb\_gc\_mark(): unknown data type  
> > 0x0(0x40184108) non object  
> > ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25) [i686-linux]
> > 
> > Aborted
> > 
> > OR
> > 
> > /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:193: [BUG] Segmentation fault  
> > ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25) [i686-linux]
> > 
> > Aborted
> 
> I’ll try this out on my Linux box at home later this evening. It ran  
> great for an hour on my FreeBSD machine, until I killed it. I’m running  
> today’s snapshot of 1.9.0. Still, the extension code should be the same  
> on the snapshot you checked out.
> 
> I thought the ‘non object’ bug was fixed a few weeks ago. Let’s make  
> sure your extension is installing properly. What does your  
> YAML::Syck::VERSION read?
> 
> \_why