[Skencil-users] Skencil segfaults on an intel MacOsX 10.4 install

W. Craig Carter ccarter at mit.edu
Thu Aug 31 20:40:12 CEST 2006


I've tried to install skencil on a new mac, 
but it is segfaulting with no error message.

I ran a trace on the process (I can send to 
anyone interested), and I think the problem 
is that skencil is trying to use the 
macintosh installed python, rather than the 
one I installed with the necessary extras for 
skencil.  These are the lines in the trace 
that make me think this:
  1438 env      NAMI  "/Users/ccarter/bin/python"
   1438 env      RET   execve -1 errno 2 No such file or directory
   1438 env      CALL  execve(0xbffff46c,0xbffff9c4,0xbffff9d0)
   1438 env      NAMI  "/sw/local/bin/python" 1438 env      RET   execve -1 errno 2 No such file or directory
...etc until...
   1438 env      NAMI  "/usr/bin/python"
   1438 env      NAMI  "/usr/lib/dyld"
   1438 python   RET   execve 0
   1438 python   CALL  getpid
----however, /usr/bin/python/ is a link to my fink-installed python.---
----but, later, I am getting calls in the trace like:------
   1438 python   CALL  open(0x1378,0,0)
   1438 python   NAMI "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/Python"
   1438 python   RET   open 3
   1438 python   CALL  fstat(0x3,0xbfffe7d8)
----which are the libraries for the macintosh native version
----the segfault appears to occur while the .so is being read:---
   1438 python   NAMI "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/lib-dynload/_locale.so"


I don't know what to try next.

Thanks for any help, Craig


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