Patrick: This used to happen to me all the time, until I changed the terminal emulator that I was using to telnet to the machine. (I think I changed from Windows telnet to TeraTerm Pro.) I don't know if it's only a coincidence, and I can't begin to explain why the choice of a terminal emulator would make any difference, but it worked for me. If you're running the command from a console, then I can't help you, because I never had any problems with that.
Marc ---------- Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unix Specialist Ban-Koe Systems 9100 W Bloomington Fwy Bloomington, MN 55431-2200 (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344 ---------- "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid." -- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap" >>> Peter Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/15 1:05 PM >>> Patrick Kirk wrote: > > Hi all, > > Anyone know why I can find something more informative than the simple > comment "Segmentation fault " that comes up when I run apt-get install xxx? > An example follows: > > Selecting previously deselected package imap. > (Reading database ... 8612 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking imap (from imap_4.4-4.deb) ... > Setting up imap (4.4-4) ... > Segmentation fault > > Thanks in advance, > > Patrick > > Wise Chinese Proverb: "If tired of computer winning at chess, try it at > kick-boxing instead" > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null *Possible* faulty memory. If you try compiling something like the kernel then that will tell you nearly for certain. Peter Allen -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null