vi editor quit working

Wei Wycoff (WycoffW@missouri.edu)
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 14:43:22 -0600

Hello Bruker users,

Some of you must be UNIX experts to see what is wrong with our unix editor.

We have two SGI/O2 computers with operating system IRIX 6.3. Recently
"vi" editor on both computer quit working. I don't know if this happened
all together or not. I also don't recall having changed any system setup
parameters. After "vi" command, the error message on screen says
"stack=0x7fff2ef0, targ-addr=0x7fff3070 Bus error". Now we can only use
"jot" commmand to edit files but "jot" won't allow us to edit files on a
remote computer. Could any of you tell by looking at this message what
could possibly cause our problem?

Best regards,

Wei

Dr. Wei Wycoff
125 Chemistry Building
Department of Chemistry
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211

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