GVIM exits w/ a SEGV error on WinXP
Alexander Gottwald
alexander.gottwald@s1999.tu-chemnitz.de
Sat May 1 18:07:00 GMT 2004
On Sat, 1 May 2004, Richard dje wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I rebuilt GVIM from sources i downloaded using cygwin setup utility.
> I used the following sequence of commands
>
> ./configure --with-x --with-features=huge ; make ; make install
>
> The problem is that each time i try to launch the resulting executable
> on my home XP box i got the following error message
>
> Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV
> Vim: Finished.
>
> This is *systematic*.
>
> Seaching both cygwin and cygwin/X mailing-list with
> http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=gvim+SEGV+site%3Acygwin.com&btnG=Rechercher&meta=
>
> led me too
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-05/msg00159.html
>
> But nothing usefull i can use.
>
> At work i successfully rebuilt GVIM directly from CVS on a Win2K box w/o
> such a problem.
> In both places (Home, Work) i run cygwin setup utility on a daily basis
> in order to get the latest release available of all packages.
> The only difference being that at Work i periodically rebuild GVIM from
> CVS w/ GTK 1.2.10, while at home i use
> MOTIF.
This is a very big difference. Try compiling gvim with gtk. I have it running
now for a couple months without problems.
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