octave dumps core

[Vince Duperron]

Hello;

I want to get octave running on my new sgi 230, but it dumps core whenever
I attempt to run it.

Here is a bit of history:
address@hidden rpms]# rpm -i octave-2.0.13.90-1.i386.rpm 
address@hidden rpms]#
No problems here...

address@hidden Šþ]$ octave
Octave, version 2.0.13.90 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu).
Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 John W. Eaton.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details, type `warranty'.

error: Segmentation fault -- stopping myself...
error: attempted clean up apparently failed -- aborting...
Abort (core dumped)
address@hidden Šþ]$ 
But it sure doesn't like my machine here!

Any suggestions about diagnosing the problem?

Here is some information about my machine:

address@hidden Šþ/vince]$ hinv
Main memory size: 256 Mbytes
1 GenuineIntel Pentium III (Coppermine) processor
2 16550A serial ports
1 post-1991 82077 floppy controller
1 1.44M floppy drive
1 vga+ graphics device
2 IDE devices:
  /dev/hda: ST320420A, 19458MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=2480/255/63
  /dev/hdc: ATAPI 48X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
1 ethernet interface
  eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet
total.
PCI bus devices:
    Host bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 196).
    PCI bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C598 Apollo MVP3 AGP (rev 0).
    ISA bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 34).
    IDE interface: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo IDE (rev 16).
    USB Controller: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 16).
    Host bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 48).
    Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 32).
    Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 (rev 8).
    Ethernet controller: Intel 82557 (rev 8).
    VGA compatible controller: NVidia Unknown device (rev 16).
address@hidden Šþ/vince]$ uname -a
Linux sofa 2.2.15-3SGI_39 #1 Mon Jul 24 09:15:18 EDT 2000 i686 unknown
address@hidden Šþ/vince]$


Thank you

Vince Duperron

PS.  Sorry if this case has been discussed already.  I searched the 
http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave/archive.html acrhive for the past two 
years for the word "core" with no luck.



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