Hi ! It seems that it is related to libextractor itself, here a gdb and a strace of the extract util invokation :
GDB : ** (process:3683): CRITICAL **: gsf_input_memory_get_type: assertion `gsf_input_memory_type != 0' failed (process:3683): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed ** (process:3683): CRITICAL **: gsf_shared_memory_get_type: assertion `gsf_shared_memory_type != 0' failed (process:3683): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread -1212966144 (LWP 3683)] 0xb7d74978 in gsf_shared_memory_new () from /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114 (gdb) back #0 0xb7d74978 in gsf_shared_memory_new () from /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114 #1 0xb7d6543d in gsf_input_memory_new () from /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114 #2 0xb7f00076 in libextractor_ole2_extract () from /usr/lib/libextractor/libextractor_ole2.so #3 0xb7ef74ca in ?? () from /usr/lib/libextractor.so.1 #4 0xbfa88964 in ?? () #5 0xb77c9000 in ?? () #6 0x00004d55 in ?? () #7 0x0805c910 in ?? () #8 0x00000000 in ?? () STRACE : open("/usr/lib/libextractor/libextractor_nsfe.la", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=996, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7a2f000 read(3, "# libextractor_nsfe.la - a libto"..., 4096) = 996 read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xb7a2f000, 4096) = 0 open("/usr/lib/libextractor/libextractor_nsfe.so", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\220\4\0"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4368, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 7336, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb780a000 mmap2(0xb780b000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED| MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb780b000 close(3) = 0 open("/usr/lib/libextractor/libextractor_nsf.la", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=990, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7a2f000 read(3, "# libextractor_nsf.la - a libtoo"..., 4096) = 990 read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xb7a2f000, 4096) = 0 open("/usr/lib/libextractor/libextractor_nsf.so", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\360\3\0"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3832, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 6800, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7808000 mmap2(0xb7809000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED| MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7809000 close(3) = 0 stat64("/usr/share/doc/texlive-pstricks/generic/pstricks/voss/bsp02.pdf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=19797, ...}) = 0 open("/usr/share/doc/texlive-pstricks/generic/pstricks/voss/bsp02.pdf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 mmap2(NULL, 19797, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7803000 open("/usr/lib/charset.alias", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(2, "\n** (process:4429): CRITICAL **:"..., 106 ** (process:4429): CRITICAL **: gsf_input_memory_get_type: assertion `gsf_input_memory_type != 0' failed ) = 106 write(2, "\n(process:4429): GLib-GObject-CR"..., 107 (process:4429): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed ) = 107 write(2, "\n** (process:4429): CRITICAL **:"..., 108 ** (process:4429): CRITICAL **: gsf_shared_memory_get_type: assertion `gsf_shared_memory_type != 0' failed ) = 108 write(2, "\n(process:4429): GLib-GObject-CR"..., 107 (process:4429): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed ) = 107 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ Process 4429 detached As in my previous message I am suffering this only on my computer. :-/ Cheers, Romain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]