Hello- The simple python example from the website is crashing [0]. I get the following output when I try to run it: matt@r52 ~/work/II/svn/trunk/2MonetDB $ python testmdb.py (981, 'schemas', 980, None, '0', True, '0', '0') *** glibc detected *** python: free(): invalid pointer: 0x080cf8d8 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/libc.so.6[0xb7cdea00] /lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x89)[0xb7ce06f9] /usr/lib/libMapi.so.0(mapi_destroy+0x77)[0xb7b4a40f] /home/matt/work/vpython/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MonetDB/_MapiLib.so[0xb7fa25a5] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyCFunction_Call+0x10d)[0xb7eef420] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalFrame+0x3259)[0xb7f1c7b5] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x62e)[0xb7f1e17a] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0[0xb7ee1d0c] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyObject_Call+0x27)[0xb7ece52e] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0[0xb7ed378e] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyObject_Call+0x27)[0xb7ece52e] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords+0xcc)[0xb7f18c55] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0[0xb7ed60b5] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyDict_DelItem+0xc8)[0xb7eee29a] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0[0xb7ed5755] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyObject_SetAttr+0xbc)[0xb7ef098b] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalFrame+0x23b5)[0xb7f1b911] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x62e)[0xb7f1e17a] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0[0xb7ee1d0c] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyObject_Call+0x27)[0xb7ece52e] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0[0xb7ed378e] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyObject_Call+0x27)[0xb7ece52e] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords+0xcc)[0xb7f18c55] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0[0xb7ed60b5] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0[0xb7eec587] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyDict_SetItem+0xb0)[0xb7eee75d] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0[0xb7ed579f] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyObject_SetAttr+0xbc)[0xb7ef098b] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalFrame+0x2372)[0xb7f1b8ce] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalFrame+0x3390)[0xb7f1c8ec] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x62e)[0xb7f1e17a] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0[0xb7ee1d0c] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyObject_Call+0x27)[0xb7ece52e] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0[0xb7ed378e] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyObject_Call+0x27)[0xb7ece52e] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords+0xcc)[0xb7f18c55] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0[0xb7ed60b5] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0[0xb7eec587] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyDict_SetItem+0xb0)[0xb7eee75d] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(_PyModule_Clear+0x148)[0xb7eef9c3] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(PyImport_Cleanup+0x1ee)[0xb7f2fc18] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(Py_Finalize+0xf9)[0xb7f35261] /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0(Py_Main+0x9ad)[0xb7f3b1e9] python(main+0x1a)[0x804866e] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc)[0xb7c8efdc] python[0x80485b1] ======= Memory map: ======== 08048000-08049000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1772622 /home/matt/work/vpython/bin/python 08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00000000 08:03 1772622 /home/matt/work/vpython/bin/python 0804a000-080f5000 rw-p 0804a000 00:00 0 [heap] b7800000-b7821000 rw-p b7800000 00:00 0 b7821000-b7900000 ---p b7821000 00:00 0 b79e1000-b79e9000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4735072 /lib/libnss_files-2.6.1.so b79e9000-b79ea000 r--p 00007000 08:03 4735072 /lib/libnss_files-2.6.1.so b79ea000-b79eb000 rw-p 00008000 08:03 4735072 /lib/libnss_files-2.6.1.so b79eb000-b79f6000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4669940 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4 b79f6000-b79f7000 r--p 0000a000 08:03 4669940 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4 b79f7000-b79f8000 rw-p 0000b000 08:03 4669940 /lib/libbz2.so.1.0.4 b79f8000-b7a06000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2621464 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3 b7a06000-b7a07000 rw-p 0000d000 08:03 2621464 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3 b7a07000-b7a0d000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 541522 /usr/lib/libstream.so.0.0.0 b7a0d000-b7a0e000 r--p 00005000 08:03 541522 /usr/lib/libstream.so.0.0.0 b7a0e000-b7a0f000 rw-p 00006000 08:03 541522 /usr/lib/libstream.so.0.0.0 b7a0f000-b7af6000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 3432882 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 b7af6000-b7b0b000 rw-p 000e6000 08:03 3432882 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 b7b0b000-b7b0e000 rw-p b7b0b000 00:00 0 b7b0e000-b7b3d000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 3432885 /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8 b7b3d000-b7b41000 rw-p 0002e000 08:03 3432885 /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8 b7b41000-b7b4c000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 541530 /usr/lib/libMapi.so.0.0.0 b7b4c000-b7b4d000 r--p 0000a000 08:03 541530 /usr/lib/libMapi.so.0.0.0 b7b4d000-b7b4e000 rw-p 0000b000 08:03 541530 /usr/lib/libMapi.so.0.0.0 b7b73000-b7c79000 rw-p b7b73000 00:00 0 b7c79000-b7da3000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4735105 /lib/libc-2.6.1.so b7da3000-b7da5000 r--p 0012a000 08:03 4735105 /lib/libc-2.6.1.so b7da5000-b7da6000 rw-p 0012c000 08:03 4735105 /lib/libc-2.6.1.so b7da6000-b7da9000 rw-p b7da6000 00:00 0 b7da9000-b7db2000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1492902 /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/libgcc_s.so.1 b7db2000-b7db3000 rw-p 00009000 08:03 1492902 /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/libgcc_s.so.1 b7db3000-b7db4000 rw-p b7db3000 00:00 0 b7db4000-b7dd8000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4735063 /lib/libm-2.6.1.so b7dd8000-b7dd9000 r--p 00023000 08:03 4735063 /lib/libm-2.6.1.so b7dd9000-b7dda000 rw-p 00024000 08:03 4735063 /lib/libm-2.6.1.so b7dda000-b7e85000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1712627 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6/libstdc++.so.5.0.7 b7e85000-b7e8a000 rw-p 000aa000 08:03 1712627 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.6/libstdc++.so.5.0.7 b7e8a000-b7e8f000 rw-p b7e8a000 00:00 0 b7e8f000-b7e91000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4735083 /lib/libutil-2.6.1.so b7e91000-b7e92000 r--p 00001000 08:03 4735083 /lib/libutil-2.6.1.so b7e92000-b7e93000 rw-p 00002000 08:03 4735083 /lib/libutil-2.6.1.so b7e93000-b7e95000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4735065 /lib/libdl-2.6.1.so b7e95000-b7e96000 r--p 00001000 08:03 4735065 /lib/libdl-2.6.1.so b7e96000-b7e97000 rw-p 00002000 08:03 4735065 /lib/libdl-2.6.1.so b7e97000-b7eaa000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4735068 /lib/libpthread-2.6.1.so b7eaa000-b7eab000 r--p 00013000 08:03 4735068 /lib/libpthread-2.6.1.so b7eab000-b7eac000 rw-p 00014000 08:03 4735068 /lib/libpthread-2.6.1.so b7eac000-b7eae000 rw-p b7eac000 00:00 0 b7eae000-b7f62000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2050159 /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0 b7f62000-b7f63000 r--p 000b3000 08:03 2050159 /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0 b7f63000-b7f85000 rw-p 000b4000 08:03 2050159 /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0 b7f85000-b7f8b000 rw-p b7f85000 00:00 0 b7f8b000-b7f8f000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4166255 /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/strop.so b7f8f000-b7f90000 r--p 00003000 08:03 4166255 /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/strop.so b7f90000-b7f92000 rw-p 00004000 08:03 4166255 /usr/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/strop.so b7f92000-b7f94000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 541562 /usr/lib/libmutils.so.0.0.0 b7f94000-b7f95000 r--p 00001000 08:03 541562 /usr/lib/libmutils.so.0.0.0 b7f95000-b7f96000 rw-p 00002000 08:03 541562 /usr/lib/libmutils.so.0.0.0 b7f96000-b7fab000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 606460 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MonetDB/_MapiLib.so.0.0.0 b7fab000-b7fac000 r--p 00014000 08:03 606460 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MonetDB/_MapiLib.so.0.0.0 b7fac000-b7fad000 rw-p 00015000 08:03 606460 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MonetDB/_MapiLib.so.0.0.0 b7fad000-b7fae000 rw-p b7fad000 00:00 0 b7fb1000-b7fb2000 r-xp b7fb1000 00:00 0 [vdso] b7fb2000-b7fcc000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 4735086 /lib/ld-2.6.1.so b7fcc000-b7fcd000 r--p 00019000 08:03 4735086 /lib/ld-2.6.1.so b7fcd000-b7fce000 rw-p 0001a000 08:03 4735086 /lib/ld-2.6.1.so bff36000-bff58000 rw-p bff36000 00:00 0 [stack] Aborted matt@r52 ~/work/II/svn/trunk/2MonetDB $ I'm running the latest ebuild for gentoo. Any suggestions to remove crashing would be great. thanks much, matt 0 -http://monetdb.cwi.nl/projects/monetdb/SQL/Documentation/The-Python-Library....