Wondering if this can be fixed
Posted by red_esign@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 8 comments
I was just messing around on Google and I was looking for browsers that I could use, and I found one, but it's not being developed anymore. I was wondering if I could fix the reason of why it crashes every time?
The sequence of events leading to the crash appears to be: • A stack buffer overflow occurred within the SigmaOS application. • The system's stack checking mechanism detected this overflow, leading to a call to __stack_chk_fail. • __stack_chk_fail likely called abort(). • The abort() function resulted in the termination of the main thread via pthread_kill.
lurgi@reddit
Is the app the browser itself or is it something running within the browser? SigmaOS is still being developed, so I assume it's the latter.
Do you know what you want to have happen instead? A buffer overflow is fairly serious. Are you trying to fix the thing that causes the buffer overflow in the first place or would you like it to handle the overflow differently? How?
red_esign@reddit (OP)
Well, according to the crash report, that is what the issue was. With what I'm seeing though I'm not sure it will work again.
lurgi@reddit
Dude, no one has the slightest idea WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
You say "It's not being developed any more". WHAT ISN'T BEING DEVELOPED ANY MORE? The browser? Because SigmaOS is still being developed. Do you mean something else?
Does the browser crash as soon as it starts up? Or when you visit a certain page?
If you have a crash, get the code and fix the bug. It will either be really easy, really hard, or somewhere in between. Or file a bug report (but, for the love of Thor, be a little more descriptive in the bug report than you are being here).
red_esign@reddit (OP)
Yes I'm talking about the browser itself. Yes, the browser crashes as soon as it starts. AFAIK, I can't find the code online, and there is no way to file a bug report. Do you know for sure it is still being developed? I have checked, and I haven't seen anyone talk about/share updates in at least a month.
aqua_regis@reddit
How should anybody know?
red_esign@reddit (OP)
I apologise, I'm new to to this. I don't know much, but I'm willing to learn if it means I can figure it out. Unfortunately, SigmaOS is not open-source
AlexanderEllis_@reddit
I'm sure it could be fixed, but this is an incredibly vague description of the problem and the software. If you want to fix it yourself, first see if you can get your hands on the source code, then figure out how to replicate the issue, then figure out what's causing the issue, then fix it and make sure you can't replicate the issue anymore.
spellenspelen@reddit
Check if it's open source. If it is, than download the code, read the docs(if there is one) and you have yourself a nice hoby project.