# Segmentation fault

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/segmentation-fault/19472>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [12 July 2005 02:29 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/segmentation-fault/19472 "2005-07-12T02:29:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Patrick\_May1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patrick\_May1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Patrick_May1)\
**Post date:** [12 July 2005 02:29 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/segmentation-fault/19472/1 "2005-07-12T02:29:22Z")

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Hello,

Every once and a while, while working on ruby-web, I'll get a segmentation fault:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/web/request.rb:203: [BUG] Segmentation fault

These usually clear up pretty quickly. Is there anything I can do to get more information, when I get these errors? They are almost impossible to report.

Cheers,

Patrick

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**Author:** ![Yukihiro\_Matsumoto2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Yukihiro\_Matsumoto2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Yukihiro_Matsumoto2)\
**Post date:** [12 July 2005 02:51 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/segmentation-fault/19472/2 "2005-07-12T02:51:41Z")

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Hi,

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>
> In message "Re: Segmentation fault" on Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:29:22 +0900, Patrick May \<patrick@hexane.org\> writes:
> 
> > Every once and a while, while working on ruby-web, I'll get a  
> > segmentation fault:
> > 
> > &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/web/request.rb:203: [BUG]  
> > Segmentation fault
> 
> Did you get core file from the segmentation fault? If you have, try
> 
> &nbsp;&nbsp;gdb ruby core
> 
> then type "where" at the debugger prompt.
> 
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;matz.

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**Author:** ![Nakada\_Nobuyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/848f3c/32.png) [@Nakada\_Nobuyoshi](https://rubytalk.org/u/Nakada_Nobuyoshi)\
**Post date:** [12 July 2005 03:51 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/segmentation-fault/19472/3 "2005-07-12T03:51:13Z")

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Hi,

At Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:29:22 +0900,  
Patrick May wrote in [ruby-talk:147824]:

> Every once and a while, while working on ruby-web, I'll get a  
> segmentation fault:
> 
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/web/request.rb:203: [BUG]  
> Segmentation fault
> 
> These usually clear up pretty quickly. Is there anything I can do to  
> get more information, when I get these errors? They are almost  
> impossible to report.

What's the exact version, platform and what you were doing?  
Can't you get backtrace?

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>
> --  
> Nobu Nakada