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[IDV #BHO-586340]: IDV - idv 2.0 crashes on startup SIGFPE (0x8)

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  • Subject: [IDV #BHO-586340]: IDV - idv 2.0 crashes on startup SIGFPE (0x8)
  • Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:12:59 -0600
Hi Pepo-

> Institution: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INM)
> Package Version: 2.0
> Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3 (Taroon)
> Hardware Information: CPU:total 1 family 15, cmov, cx8, fxsr, mmx, sse, sse2, 
> ht
> Inquiry: Hi,
> Maybe a conflicting java installation and/or
> environment variables $PATH $JAVA_HOME ???

It looks like this is a problem with the DRI driver for your system.
Try commenting out the "Load dri" line in your X Windows configuration
(xorg.conf or XF86Config) and restart your X server.  Then try 
starting the IDV again.

Don Murray

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: BHO-586340
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed