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Id: 7406
Status: new
Priority: 0/
Queue: Device-SerialPort
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Requestors: richard.sams [...] eunet.at
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  Thu Aug 19 02:45:55 2004 Guest - Ticket created
Subject: Segmentation Fault
SerialPort runs for 2 or 3 hours ok and then quits with "Segmentation Fault" Function ob->lookfor and ob->lookclear is used in a loop. System is Slackware 9.0
  Fri Aug 20 19:03:13 2004 Guest - Correspondence added
From: wcbirthisel [...] alum.mit.edu
[guest - Thu Aug 19 02:45:55 2004]: Show quoted text
> SerialPort runs for 2 or 3 hours ok and then quits with "Segmentation > Fault" > Function ob->lookfor and ob->lookclear is used in a loop. > System is Slackware 9.0
Device::SerialPort is a pure-Perl wrapper. It does call the ports via POSIX.pm. But both POSIX.pm and Device::SerialPort have been run for long periods (they are used in home automation programs, among others. I don't have Slackware 9.0 (I did lots of testing on RedHat). Have you monitored memory usage? Perhaps you are slowly leaking (or continuously allocating) within the loop. I've never had a Segmentation Fault reported before (on this module), so I don't have much to suggest. The lookfor and lookclear methods are often used in loops. Are you receiving a large stream at a high rate? Do you receive any errors before the evil fault? -bill
  Sun Aug 22 02:51:33 2004 Guest - Correspondence added
From: richard.samsqunet.at
[guest - Thu Aug 19 02:45:55 2004]: Show quoted text
> SerialPort runs for 2 or 3 hours ok and then quits with "Segmentation > Fault" > Function ob->lookfor and ob->lookclear is used in a loop. > System is Slackware 9.0
I use a very slow baudrate (4800), i switched on $Babble and $testactive now it runs for on day without crash. One time before i got the message "Illegal insruction" .