The notorious "Segmentation fault" is basically the default sink-state error message when no others can be found. Until some point you need to climb the massive learning curve of the GDB (GNU Debugger) you will have to debug the old-fashioned way:

printf( "1" );
char *mystr="Hi";
printf( "2" );
strcpy(mystr,"new value" ;
printf( "3" );
puts(mystr);
printf( "4" );
return 0;

altNull wrote:

When you are installing with the GUI installer from the DVD, then you can select advanced package management and deselect the gnome and kde. This will require even less resources, but will only have command-line. Can install a GUI latter, after you do extensive research and you can customize the installation to use less resources than a standard install of a GUI.

Only in the directories the scans land in:

sudo su
chmod 777 . -R
exit

XSane works great in Mandriva 2008. No sudu [intellectual] installation needed...

Since Fedora 10 it requires something more than the 390MB that my machine is maxed out with, and the still-used boilerplate Release Notes lie:

2.4.2.1.1. Processor and memory

Minimum RAM for graphical: 192MiB

Recommended RAM for graphical: 256MiB

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f10/en_US/What_is_New_for_Installation_and_Live_Images.html#x86_specifics_for_Fedora

Here's a list for gedit that was in a recent UBUNTU user magazine article:

http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins

I know, they're plugins, but that's a good place to keep features...

mfillpot wrote:

It sounds like the problem is with how the drivers interact with your video card. Are you sure that you are installing the correct drivers for you video card?

BarryM wrote:

HELP....

There's an easier way somewhat similar to the "Desktop Icon" way of things you mention. Just save (or drag) the tar.bz2 file to your desktop, then right-click on it and select "Extract Here." Although this method tends to clutter up the desktop, at least you always know where the files land (and you can move them around later once you got the app running)...

What you need is to boot off a separate hardrive that is not connected to the net, make sure you have the best driver for your graphics card, kill-off all the time-wasting processes your distro leaves running (such as auto-updating), and de-nice the app. Please let us know if you need any help...