Re: Can't run macro

From: Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Date: Wed Oct 28 1998 - 10:32:39 MET


Burin Asavapibhop wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have  difficult time trying to execute the macros in tutorials. I
> downloaded the ROOT source tree and binany version of Linux 2.00/12 for
> Redhat 5.0/5.1 and egcs. I could compile the source code and got the
> root executable. However when I tried to run the macros in tutorials
> directory, it crashed(no root prompt) and I got this
>   *******************************************
>   *                                         *
>   *        W E L C O M E  to  R O O T       *
>   *                                         *
>   *   Version   2.00/12    9 October 1998   *
>   *                                         *
>   *  You are welcome to visit our Web site  *
>   *          http://root.cern.ch            *
>   *                                         *
>   *******************************************
> 
> CINT/ROOT C/C++ Interpreter version 5.13.75, Sep 23 1998
> Type ? for help. Commands must be C++ statements.
> Enclose multiple statements between { }.
> 
>  *** Break *** segmentation violation
> 
> But if I started  root from some other directory except tutorials, I
> could get the root prompt(i.e. root [0]), still I couldn't run any macro
> with .x command. It gave me  *** Break *** segmentation violation every
> time. Here is my test macro.
> {
> gROOT->Reset();
> int i;
> 
> i=10;
> printf("i = %d",i);
> }
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what's going on? Did I miss something?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Burin

I suspect something wrong in your .rootrc file
Did you modify this file provided in the tutorials directory?

Rene Brun



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