# Segfault on ruby 1.8.7

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 5, 2010, 11:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/segfault-on-ruby-1-8-7/182970 "2010-02-05T11:43:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Groleo\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e79b87/32.png) [@Groleo\_M](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Groleo_M)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 11:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/segfault-on-ruby-1-8-7/182970/1 "2010-02-05T11:43:57Z")

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Hi,

I get a SEGFAULT on ruby1.8.7 using the scripts above on Ubuntu 9.10.  
It didn’t crashed ruby1.9.1 though.

Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i486-linux/socket.so  
Core was generated by `/usr/bin/ruby ./massbinder.rb’.  
Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.  
#0 0x001a8422 in \_\_kernel\_vsyscall ()  
(gdb) bt  
#0 0x001a8422 in \_\_kernel\_vsyscall ()  
#1 0x00e514d1 in \*\_\_GI\_raise (sig=6) at  
…/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64  
#2 0x00e54932 in \*\_\_GI\_abort () at abort.c:92  
#3 0x00c5563d in rb\_bug (fmt=0xcf764c “Segmentation fault”) at  
error.c:213  
#4 0x00cc5337 in sigsegv (sig=11) at signal.c:634  
#5  
#6 0x00c85a4c in rb\_f\_select (argc=0, argv=0x0, obj=0) at io.c:4933  
#7 0x00000000 in ?? ()  
(gdb) q

./massbinder.rb:32: [BUG] Segmentation fault  
ruby 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel 174) [i486-linux]

Aborted (core dumped)