Re: seg faulting

John Zelle <john.zelle-EcGxh6Kpiib2fBVCVOL8/[email protected]> Mon, 3 Sep 2012 13:38:10 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.visualpython.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi All,

Let me second what Guy is saying. I am attempting to run VPython using the stock Ubuntu package (python-visual Ubuntu 12.04, 64 bit), not building it myself.  It works out of the box with a clean install and update of all installed packages. However, it appears that some other package that I install later on breaks VPython. It also appears that the issue is somehow tied to NVIDIA drivers, since I don't have this problem on machines with Intel graphics. Others have reported that the seg fault starts after updating the NVIDIA pacakges for CUDA. I have not done that (yet), so it appears the problem is more general than that. Hopefully, we'll be able to track down the offending packages once I get some lab help back later this week.

--John

John Zelle, PhD
Professor of Computer Science
Wartburg College


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From: Guy K. Kloss [guy.kloss-R/[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 12:09 AM
To: visualpython-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [Visualpython-users] seg faulting

On 03/09/12 15:06, Bruce Sherwood wrote:
> I don't quite understand all the comments about NVIDIA. The
> fundamental problem on my Ubuntu 12.04 is that (apparently) an
> automatic update to the Boost libraries yanked away the version that I
> had used when building VPython on my machine. It was only after
> rebuilding with the newer Boost libraries that I got what was actually
> a rather clear message about a problem with NVIDIA software.

I guess the problem is more general, also with others.

I have just tried myself on a 64 bit machine with an NVIDIA adapter and
proprietary drivers, and it crashes as well. It uses the stock packages
from Ubuntu 12.04.

Guy

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Guy K. Kloss
School of Computing + Mathematical Sciences
Auckland University of Technology
Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142
phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext. 5032
eMail: Guy.Kloss-R/[email protected]


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