segmentation fault under mandrake 9.1

**Kirby** · April 19th, 2003

Whenever I run pcsx from the terminal, it always comes up with a segmentation fault after clicking OK on the startup dialog box. This image should sum up everything....

**linuzappz** · April 22nd, 2003

hi, tried compiling Pcsx from the sources? if not try

**ammoQ** · May 15th, 2003

I'm almost sure it's not a problem in pcsx, but in libgpuPeteMesaGL.so.1.0.61; this one crashes pcsx when pcsx calls it to get it's name and type. Removing it from the Plugin directory helped, but how to play then? libgpuPeteMesaGL.so.1.0.61 seems to crash epsxe also on MDK9.1

edit: The solution is described in the readme.txt of Pete's current plugin, just use
libpthread-0.10.so instead of libpthread-0.9.so

edit: the actions above make gpuPeteMesa work with Mandrake, but cause padJoy to crash in multithreaded mode, since padJoy would need the /lib/i686/ version of libpthread.so. To work around this, disable the multithreaded feature of padJoy; it will have little or no impact on most machines.

expl · December 23rd, 2003

hello,

i've the same problem .. when i download the pcsx build and start pcsx via ./pcsx, i must configure pcsx .. but when i press any button .. pcsx segfaults .. when i get the sources from the gentoo portage i've again segfaults but then the config frontend cant start ... dunno what the problem is ..

Code:

# find / -iname "*libpthread*"
/usr/lib/libpthread.so
/usr/lib/libpthread_nonshared.a
/usr/lib/libpthread.a
/lib/libpthread-0.10.so
/lib/libpthread.so.

**FLaRe85** · December 23rd, 2003

So that was the problem I was having in 9.1!

expl · December 23rd, 2003

mhh .. that means that smth else causes the segfault eh?

.. but what is the solution for my problem?

or .. is there another psx emulator .. if yes .. less better than pcsx?

PowerMacG4 · December 26th, 2003

pcsx latest 1.6 also segfaults on Mac OS X. I believe there is a problem with gtkgui.c.

expl · December 27th, 2003

hmm i think it could be a /gtk/ related problem . or/and GPU-plugin prob .. because gdb tells me that errors occured in loadGPUplugin() and loadplugins() ..

MoJo · January 5th, 2004

This is a BUG of PCSX. I'm 100% sure! I'm using RedHat and sometimes I encounter that bug. Here is some hints to avoid:
- Get into PCSX folder before running pcsx
- In plugin menu choosing, never left any dialog box empty (the plugins are not in correct path)
- Chmod your PCSX to non-read only mode so all your changes applied will be saved.
I've known this bug for long time but frustratedly to say I don't think PCSX will have a chance to fix it anymore. Seems to me no one care about PCSX. ePSXe is killing its pal!

May 15th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
ammoQ Emu author Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Vienna/Austria/Europe Posts: 1,168	I'm almost sure it's not a problem in pcsx, but in libgpuPeteMesaGL.so.1.0.61; this one crashes pcsx when pcsx calls it to get it's name and type. Removing it from the Plugin directory helped, but how to play then? libgpuPeteMesaGL.so.1.0.61 seems to crash epsxe also on MDK9.1 edit: The solution is described in the readme.txt of Pete's current plugin, just use libpthread-0.10.so instead of libpthread-0.9.so edit: the actions above make gpuPeteMesa work with Mandrake, but cause padJoy to crash in multithreaded mode, since padJoy would need the /lib/i686/ version of libpthread.so. To work around this, disable the multithreaded feature of padJoy; it will have little or no impact on most machines. __________________ If you think my English is bad, wait till you read my Polish. Last edited by ammoQ; May 18th, 2003 at 18:35.

December 23rd, 2003	#4 (permalink)
expl Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3	hello, i've the same problem .. when i download the pcsx build and start pcsx via ./pcsx, i must configure pcsx .. but when i press any button .. pcsx segfaults .. when i get the sources from the gentoo portage i've again segfaults but then the config frontend cant start ... dunno what the problem is .. Code: # find / -iname "libpthread" /usr/lib/libpthread.so /usr/lib/libpthread_nonshared.a /usr/lib/libpthread.a /lib/libpthread-0.10.so /lib/libpthread.so.

December 23rd, 2003	#5 (permalink)
FLaRe85 I Need a Weapon Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 4,300	So that was the problem I was having in 9.1! __________________ .: Flaretech.Net :: Flaretech.Biz Web Hosting :: H3 Stats :: My Blog :. .: Macbook Pro 17" :: 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo :: 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 :: ATI Radeon X1600 :. .: AMD Athlon X2 4400+ @ 2.42 GHz :: OCZ 2 GB Platinum DDR400 :: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT :. .: Home Server :: 2.41 GHz AMD Opteron 180 :: 4 GB DDR400 :: Windows Server 2008 Standard RC0 :.

January 5th, 2004	#9 (permalink)
MoJo Golden Condom Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: 日本 Posts: 379	This is a BUG of PCSX. I'm 100% sure! I'm using RedHat and sometimes I encounter that bug. Here is some hints to avoid: - Get into PCSX folder before running pcsx - In plugin menu choosing, never left any dialog box empty (the plugins are not in correct path) - Chmod your PCSX to non-read only mode so all your changes applied will be saved. I've known this bug for long time but frustratedly to say I don't think PCSX will have a chance to fix it anymore. Seems to me no one care about PCSX. ePSXe is killing its pal! __________________ >> IBM Thinkpad X61 << OS: Ubuntu Ibex Intrepid SVN

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April 22nd, 2003	#2 (permalink)
linuzappz Emu author Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 146	hi, tried compiling Pcsx from the sources? if not try

December 23rd, 2003	#6 (permalink)
expl Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3	mhh .. that means that smth else causes the segfault eh? .. but what is the solution for my problem? or .. is there another psx emulator .. if yes .. less better than pcsx?

December 26th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
PowerMacG4 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3	pcsx latest 1.6 also segfaults on Mac OS X. I believe there is a problem with gtkgui.c.

December 27th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
expl Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3	hmm i think it could be a /gtk/ related problem . or/and GPU-plugin prob .. because gdb tells me that errors occured in loadGPUplugin() and loadplugins() ..