Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 17:28:06 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Jason Nye <jnye AT nbnet DOT nb DOT ca>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: VERY STRANGE PROBLEM...
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On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Jason Nye wrote:

> I commented everything out of my program, i.e. it consisted of:
> 
> int main()
> {
>     return 0;
> }
> 
> and I still get the same SIGSEGV messages.

Does this also happen when you boot into DOS (either plain DOS 7 or
DOS mode)?  Do programs which come with DJGPP (e.g., gcc itself) work
without crashing, both in Windows and in DOS?  What does go32-v2 print
when invoked with no arguments?

> It seems like the protected mode startup code is corrupted or
> something.

In case the above questions don't supply a clue, one other thing that
comes to mind is that maybe your system is infected with a virus.
Please try to scan for viruses, and after that, reinstall DJGPP from
the original zip files (I assume those arew intact and in good shape).