Octave crashes at startup with panic - segmentation fault

[Michael Goffioul]

This is usually due to a old java version (typically 1.4.x). Either upgrade
java to 1.6 or do not select JHandles as default graphics backend at
installation time.

Michael.


On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Micha <happy_micmac at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using the binaries provided by sourceforge.net and run Windows XP (SP2) on my computer. Unfortunately, Octave even doesn't start ... Any ideas?
>
> It also crashes when I remove MSYS from the Octave installation directory (just to make sure). Since Octave is running on my home computer (also XP SP2, same Octave version), I wonder if the problem may be related somehow to my system configuration (AV, firewall, ...), which is quite different.
>
> Regards,
> Micha M.
>
> output from the Octave command window:
>
> ...
> Octave was configured for "i686-pc-msdosmsvc".
>
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>  - Use `pkg list' to see a list of installed packages.
>  - SciTE editor installed. Use `edit' to start the editor.
>  - MSYS shell available (C:\Programme\Octave\msys).
> panic: Segmentation violation -- stopping myself...
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