Re: argv not properly set up

[Jim Balhoff]

On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 02:50  PM, Eric Heintzmann wrote:

> Jim Balhoff wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm just trying out the Simply GNUstep packages which Chad Hardin has 
> > put together for Debian Sarge, and I'm running into a problem.  While 
> > these apparently work for Chad and others, whenever I try to launch 
> > any GNUstep executable (such as gpbs or gdnc or any app), I get this 
> > error:
> > Error: for some reason, argv not properly set up during GNUstep base 
> > initialization
> > Can anyone suggest what might be behind this problem?
> > Thanks,
> > Jim Balhoff
>
>         Hi,
>
> 2 debian users got this error too.
> AFAIK this error message is coded in NSProcessInfo class (in method 
> initializeWithArguments: ...) called for example at the beginning of 
> make_service.
> The error happens when argv=0 or argv[0]=0, but I have no idea how 
> argv (or argv[0]) can be null.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
>         Eric

I figured it out (sort of) - after I upgraded my Linux kernel from 
2.2.x to 2.4.x, the Simply GNUstep packages started working and the 
error went away.  I don't know enough to explain it, though.

Thanks,
Jim