segmentation fault

[arthur blair]

I'm trying to compile 202 for linux. I've upgraded to redhat 4 and
went on to install gcc 2.7.2.1 & g77 & all the latest libraries that
were on this CD (infomagic dec 96).
./configure --enable-shared
and make appear to run & complete just fine now. But the executable
crashes with a segmentation fault shortly after displaying the usual
startup messages. The las few lines of 'strace octave' are:
fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=15824, ...}) = 0
mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 
0x404dc000
write(1, "Octave, version 2.0.2 (i586-pc-l"..., 159Octave, version 2.0.2 
(i586-pc-linux-gnu).
Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details, type `warranty'.

) = 159
open("/usr/local/share/octave/site/m/startup/octaverc", O_RDONLY) = 3
brk(0x810e000)                          = 0x810e000
ioctl(3, TCGETS, 0xbffff408)            = -1 ENOTTY (Not a typewriter)
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=164, ...}) = 0
mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 
0x404dd000
read(3, "## System-wide startup file for "..., 4096) = 164
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
sigaction(SIGABRT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x400cba30, [], 0}) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
sigaction(SIGABRT, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---           
those last 2 lines are repeated a few thousand times.

Any clues? Suggestions? Whatelse can I do to troubleshoot this?
Thanx,
Art.