From: leandro ferreira Date: 2012-05-08T01:28:53+09:00 Subject: Segmentation fault ruby 1.8.7 (2011-06-30 patchlevel 352) [x86_64-linux] Dear, I need a help on a problem I'm having. I have a script written in ruby ​​that at one point creates a snapshot of /home and then do the backup using the tar command. It works perfectly lucid in a long time but it is giving segmentation fault in need. Commands that are being run: /sbin/lvs --noheadings -ovg_name,lv_name '/dev/mapper/work-home' /sbin/lvs --noheadings -olv_size --units k --nosuffix '/dev/mapper/work-home' /sbin/lvcreate -L40G -s -n 'SS_backup' '/dev/work/home' Output of strace: ===================================================================================== stat("/var/backup/SS_backup/dir1", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0710, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/var/backup/SS_backup/dir1", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0710, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/var/backup/SS_backup/dir2", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0710, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/var/backup/SS_backup/dir2", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0710, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- write(2, "/usr/local/sbin/script.rb:851: ", 32/usr/local/sbin/script.rb:851: ) = 32 write(2, "[BUG] ", 6[BUG] ) = 6 write(2, "Segmentation fault", 18Segmentation fault) = 18 write(2, "\nruby 1.8.7 (2011-06-30 patchlev"..., 56 ruby 1.8.7 (2011-06-30 patchlevel 352) [x86_64-linux] ) = 56 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [ABRT], NULL, 8) = 0 tgkill(994, 994, SIGABRT) = 0 --- SIGABRT (Aborted) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGABRT +++ Aborted ====================================================================================== I am using the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 64bits ruby1.8 1.8.7.352-2ubuntu1 gcc-4.6-base 4.6.3-1ubuntu5 linux-server 3.2.0.24.26 lvm2 2.02.66-4ubuntu7.1 Has anyone experienced this problem and can give any tips? I appreciate any help Leandro Ferreira -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.