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

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-a-bug-fxruby-1-4-6-segment-fault-when-fxfiledialog-new/61502>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 24, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-a-bug-fxruby-1-4-6-segment-fault-when-fxfiledialog-new/61502 "2006-05-24T17:13:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-a-bug-fxruby-1-4-6-segment-fault-when-fxfiledialog-new/61502/1 "2006-05-24T17:13:41Z")

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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?

Dear Uncutstone,

I have Ruby 1.8.4 and the latest (last-week’s) edition of Cygwin  
installed,  
also FXRuby and FOX, on a Windows XP machine.  
I had trouble using Windows/Cygwin and Ruby bindings-software  
(ruby-gsl)  
myself,  
just some time ago. None of these problems was Ruby’s fault or the  
fault of those Ruby-bindings-for-software-xyz. If you can’t fix them  
using  
the  
rebaseall for the Windows DLLs, I’d suggest you

- either upgrade to Windows XP/Cygwin (which may still cause you  
problems,  
I get mad at cygwin once in 3 months),

- you install a dual-boot with Linux (may be troublesome with respect to  
disk space),

- you drop Windows altogether (may cause problems if you want to scan  
or do other multimedia things).

- you keep your Windows and try compiling with MINGW  
_[www.mingw.org](http://www.mingw.org)_ ([http://www.mingw.org](http://www.mingw.org)) . I have no experience with  
this, but  
people who know  
it claim that it gives more usable output than Cygwin compilations.

I had used Windows 98 earlier (I didn’t know about Ruby then, so I  
didn’t use  
it, but I remember that I had 3-5 crashes a day for no obvious reason.  
This has stopped in Windows XP.

Best regards,

Axel

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-a-bug-fxruby-1-4-6-segment-fault-when-fxfiledialog-new/61502/2 "2006-05-24T17:51:38Z")

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Very thanks for your advice.

I will upgrade my pc( you can’t imagine, it’s a AMD 350 one)in near  
future, and stop using buggy windows 98.

recently , I have to endure it painfully . 🙂

uncutstone