Re: Can't run macro

Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Wed, 28 Oct 1998 10:32:39 +0100

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