# Able to reproduce segfault, what now?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/able-to-reproduce-segfault-what-now/120401>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 16, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/able-to-reproduce-segfault-what-now/120401 "2007-11-16T15:55:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/able-to-reproduce-segfault-what-now/120401/1 "2007-11-16T15:55:51Z")

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/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/ostruct.rb:74: [BUG] Segmentation fault  
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-23) [i686-linux]

unfortunately, it’s not a small test case  
how do I gather more info for someone to take a look?

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/able-to-reproduce-segfault-what-now/120401/2 "2007-11-17T04:22:14Z")

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On Nov 16, 2007, at 06:55 , removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/ostruct.rb:74: [BUG] Segmentation fault  
> ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-23) [i686-linux]
> 
> unfortunately, it’s not a small test case  
> how do I gather more info for someone to take a look?

gdb ruby  
(gdb) run -yourargs  
[segfault]  
(gdb) bt  
[backtrace]

Then examine your backtrace to see where it crashed. This may not be  
helpful to you, but you can post it here and maybe get some help.