[Gmsh] Linux installation problem with gmsh 2.0.4

Christophe Geuzaine cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Sun Mar 11 21:25:01 CET 2007


Marco Messina wrote:
> Hello!
> I have been using gmsh (currently  v1.56.3 on a Linux  PC (Linux 
> 2.6.12-10-386 GNU/Linux) ) for around one year and I must say it is a 
> very good program for building meshes!! Thanks for realising the code 
> under the GNU licence!!
> 
> I downloaded both the source and the exe for Linux of the new version 
> (2.0.4), but as soon as I try to mesh the file in  tutorial/t1.geo, I 
> have the following error:
> 
> Info    : Reading 't1.geo'
> Info    : Read 't1.geo'
> Info    : Meshing 1D...
> Info    : Mesh
> Info    : Meshing 2D...
> Info    : Meshing surface 6 (Plane)
> Error   : 3 identical points in Qtest
> Error   : 3 identical points in Qtest
> Error   : 3 identical points in Qtest
> Error   : 3 identical points in Qtest
> Error   : 3 identical points in Qtest
> Error   : 3 identical points in Qtest
> Fatal   : Segmentation violation (invalid memory reference)
>         : ------------------------------------------------------
>         : You have discovered a bug in Gmsh! You may report it
>         : by e-mail (together with any helpful data permitting to
>         : reproduce it) to <gmsh at geuz.org>
> Info    : Writing '/utenti/messina/.gmsh-errors'
> 
> 
> The same file tutorial/t1.geo runs smoothly with gmsh version 1.56.3 (I 
> need simply to comment the line
> "Physical Surface("My fancy surface label") = {6} ;"). 
> 
> I compiled gmsh 2.0.4 with the following options:
> 
> ./configure --prefix=$HOME --with-gsl-prefix=/utenti/messina/lib
> 
> Any ideas of what am I doing wrong?
> 


Do you get the same error with the precompiled version available on the
website?




> Thanks and Best regards,
> Marco Messina
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