Re: GVIM exits w/ a SEGV error on WinXP

[Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>]

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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