From help-request at octave dot org Mon Jan 10 08:19:21 2005
Subject: Re: Segmentation fault?
From: Vic Norton <vic at norton dot name>
To: help at octave dot org
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:22:21 -0500

I've narrowed down my segmentation-fault problem. It seems to be the 
consequence of the two word command:
    octave> clear all
Does "clear all" have known problems?

Anyway, here are two scenarios that describe my situation.

Scenario 1.
I open octave. I run my script. Everything works perfectly. I quit 
octave. No problems. Output saved by the script is just what it ought 
to be.

Scenario 2.
I open octave. I run my script. Everything works perfectly. I type in 
"clear all" and hit return. No problem. I quit octave. After a 
significant pause I get the message
    panic: Segmentation fault -- stopping myself...
    attempting to save variables to `octave-core'...
    save to `octave-core' complete
    Segmentation fault
Output saved by the script is just what it ought to be.

This is not a big problem for me. The script does what it is supposed 
to and everything is saved. Quitting octave to clear out variables 
and subroutines works fine. I just restart octave if I want to do 
something else.

However there does seem to be a problem with the command "clear all". 
Any ideas? Any suggestions?

Regards,

Vic



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