Date: Sat, 30 Apr 94 13:37:45 EDT
From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To: morphine AT whatever DOT cs DOT jhu DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Segmentation violation
Reply-To: babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

> 	"Segmentation violation in pointer 0x00000010 at d8:5c9d
> 	(register values)
> 	Call frame traceback EIPs:
>...
> First of all, what exactly does this mean?  Second, what can I do to keep it
> from happening.

What it probably means is you have used an invalid pointer.  To find out
where the error is occurring, make sure your application is linked with debug
info, then run symify <appname> after the crash.  Symify reads the screen and
fills in routine names, offsets and line numbers.