Segfault at startup due to FFI

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Sun Jan 28 02:19:30 UTC 2007


Try removing the FFI plugin from the search path of the VM (unless it's 
builtin then you are stuck here). This will cause all FFI calls to fail 
immediately and (hopefully) prevent the crash.

Cheers,
   - Andreas

Matthew Fulmer wrote:
> I have an image that is segfaulting at startup due to a process
> that is using Smallapack, which uses FFI. The process is not
> critical, so I would like to start the vm, then terminate the
> offending process before it gets to run. My image would probably
> work fine then. 
> 
> I think the process is crashing because it is invoking Morphic,
> getting nil or something weird since Morphic is not yet
> initialized, then sending crap at FFI, and segfaulting.
> 
> How can I do that, or can I do it at all?
> 




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