>>>>> "R" == Richard Kilmer <rich / infoether.com> writes: Well, the problem is here R> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux/syck.so...done. R> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux/openssl.so...done. R> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux/digest/sha1.so...done. R> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux/digest.so...done. the bug is perhaps in one of these libraries and not in ruby. What is the error message given by ruby ? Guy Decoux