# A bug? FXRuby 1.4.6 segment fault when FXFileDialog.new

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-bug-fxruby-1-4-6-segment-fault-when-fxfiledialog-new/61457>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 24, 2006, 5:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-bug-fxruby-1-4-6-segment-fault-when-fxfiledialog-new/61457 "2006-05-24T05:29:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![uncutstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/7993a0/32.png) [@uncutstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/uncutstone)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 5:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-bug-fxruby-1-4-6-segment-fault-when-fxfiledialog-new/61457/1 "2006-05-24T05:29:06Z")

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FXRuby 1.4.6 works fine except I call FXFileDialog.new.

My enviroment is :  
windows 98  
cygwin version 2.427  
ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25)

The program I ran is foxhello-1.4.6.rb :

#require ‘rubygems’  
#require\_gem ‘fxruby’  
require ‘fox14’

include Fox

theApp = FXApp.new

theMainWindow = FXMainWindow.new(theApp, “Hello”)  
theDialog = FXFileDialog.new(theMainWindow, “filedialog”) # this is line  
10

The result is :

$ ruby foxhello-1.4.6.rb  
foxhello-1.4.6.rb:10: [BUG] Segmentation fault  
ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25) [i386-cygwin]

I also run the same program using FXRuby 1.2.6, it works fine.  
Is this is a bug of FXRuby 1.4.6?

Best ragards,

uncutstone

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**Author:** ![uncutstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/7993a0/32.png) [@uncutstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/uncutstone)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-bug-fxruby-1-4-6-segment-fault-when-fxfiledialog-new/61457/2 "2006-05-24T05:41:31Z")

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uncutstone wu wrote:

> FXRuby 1.4.6 works fine except I call FXFileDialog.new.
> 
> My enviroment is :  
> windows 98  
> cygwin version 2.427  
> ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25)

Can’t reproduce it with fxruby-1.4.6 on ruby-1.8.4, linux.

Maybe upgrading your ruby will give some useful information?

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**Author:** ![uncutstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/7993a0/32.png) [@uncutstone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/uncutstone)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-bug-fxruby-1-4-6-segment-fault-when-fxfiledialog-new/61457/3 "2006-05-24T21:07:40Z")

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Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> uncutstone wu wrote:
> 
> > FXRuby 1.4.6 works fine except I call FXFileDialog.new.
> > 
> > My enviroment is :  
> > windows 98  
> > cygwin version 2.427 —wrong, it was 1.5.10-3  
> > ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25)
> 
> Can’t reproduce it with fxruby-1.4.6 on ruby-1.8.4, linux.
> 
> Maybe upgrading your ruby will give some useful information?

After upgraded cygwin to 1.5.19-4, ruby to 1.8.4 (2005-12-24)  
[i386-cygwin], still got segment fault.

Maybe I need upgrade my OS from windows 98 to windows xp.

Thanks,

uncutstone