Hi Elliot. This is what I have done, with detailed output. I hope it helps to understand what is happening. (My Ubuntu is in Spanish, but I hope that the Spanish output lines are understandable anyway.)
1. Install Julia from the PPA repo helios@ubuntu-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install julia Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho Creando árbol de dependencias Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho Los paquetes indicados a continuación se instalaron de forma automática y ya no son necesarios. libllvm3.3 linux-headers-3.13.0-24 linux-headers-3.13.0-24-generic linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-24-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. Paquetes sugeridos: ess julia-doc Se instalarán los siguientes paquetes NUEVOS: julia 0 actualizados, 1 se instalarán, 0 para eliminar y 0 no actualizados. Se necesita descargar 0 B/11,6 MB de archivos. Se utilizarán 56,2 MB de espacio de disco adicional después de esta operación. Seleccionando el paquete julia previamente no seleccionado. (Leyendo la base de datos ... 248820 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.) Preparing to unpack .../julia_0.3.1~trusty2_i386.deb ... Unpacking julia (0.3.1~trusty2) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Configurando julia (0.3.1~trusty2) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.3) ... 2. Run Julia normally: helios@ubuntu-pc:~$ julia Instrucción ilegal (`core' generado) 3. Run Julia from gdb (thanks for the suggestion): helios@ubuntu-pc:~$ gdb julia GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.7-0ubuntu3.1) 7.7 Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i686-linux-gnu". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. Para las instrucciones de informe de errores, vea: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>. For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"... Leyendo símbolos desde julia...hecho. (gdb) r Starting program: /usr/bin/julia [Depuración de hilo usando libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". Program received signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction. 0xb730f3ba in ?? () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so (gdb) bt #0 0xb730f3ba in ?? () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so #1 0xb73111fe in ?? () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so #2 0xb7311407 in ?? () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so #3 0xb7311c4d in ?? () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so #4 0xb7311f8e in ?? () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so #5 0xb73126bf in ?? () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so #6 0xb731201e in ?? () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so #7 0xb73126bf in ?? () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so #8 0xb7312178 in ?? () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so #9 0xb731281f in ?? () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so #10 0xb73137e7 in ?? () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so #11 0xb72ab662 in jl_init_frontend () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so #12 0xb72f38a5 in julia_init () from /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so #13 0x08048e76 in main (argc=0, argv=0xbffff298) at repl.c:355 (gdb) q Una sesión de depuración está activa. Inferior 1 [process 4096] will be killed. ¿Salir de cualquier modo? (y o n) y And these are the contents of /proc/cpuinfo: processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : Unknown CPU Type stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 1799.769 cache size : 256 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 1 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fdiv_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 3599.53 clflush size : 32 cache_alignment : 32 address sizes : 34 bits physical, 32 bits virtual power management: ts If you need any further info, just ask. Thanks and best regards Helios
