Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 13:10:33 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Graham Watkins <Graham AT gingecat DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Incomprehensible messages when attempting to run program
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On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Graham Watkins wrote:

>  Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV
> General Protection Fault at eip=00001662
> eax=3cf26d88 ebx=74f605a0 ecx=OOOOea4O edx=74f61544 esi=00000054
> edi=OOOOfaaO
> ebp=0004fa74 esp=0004fa70 program=c:/djgpp/bin/random.exe cs: sel=0117
> base=82d50000 limit=0005ffff
> ds: sel=Ollf base=82d50000 limit=0005ffff es: sel=Ollf base=82d50000
> limit=0005ffff fs: sel=OOc7 base=00014eb0 limit=DOOOffff gs: sel=012f
> base=00000000 limit=ffffffff ss: sel=Ollf base=82d50000 limit=0005ffff
> Call frame traceback EIPs: 0x00001662
> 0x00001cda
> 
> I have no idea what all this means, or whether it is a result of a
> program fault, or due to my (limited) programming skills.

It is called ``a crash'', and is usually caused by a bug in your
program.

The DJGPP FAQ list explains in section 12.2 how to make sense of this
gibberish.  The FAQ is available as v2/faq211b.zip from the same place
you get DJGPP.