segmentation fault

A segmentation fault is caused when a program tries to reserve more memory than is available to the user running it (or more memory than is available on the system if it is a root/system-level process). To diagnose the specific reason for this segmentation fault, I would have to see the contents of your /etc/rc0.d directory and be informed of what programs your computer is running at the time of the shutdown.

Some process that you are running during shutdown is causing the problem.

1) contents of /etc/rc0.d (I'm using Mandrake8.2)
K00linuxconf@ K20kheader@ K60atd@ K80random@ K92iptables@ K05keytable@ K20partmon@ K60crond@ K88syslog@ K95harddrake@ K10devfsd@ K30prelude@ K60lpd@ K90network@ K95kudzu@ K10xfs@ K44rawdevices@ K69sound@ K90usb@ S00killall@
K11internet@ K50xinetd@ K70alsa@ K92anacron@ S01halt@ K15numlock@ K55routed@ K74apmd@ K92ipchains@

If you have any core files on your system, check there. To find the core files, type "find / -type f -name core" If you find something, check which application created the file by typing "file /path/to/core" which will return the name of the processthat caused the segfault.

If you don't get core files, use something like ulimit -c 1000000 in your /etc/profile

Once you find the process responsible, you can go on and test starting and killing the process manually to determine the problem.There might be an update that needs to be implemented, or it could be a hardware issue or a corrupt file.

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