On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:23:32 -0500, Hidetoshi NAGAI wrote:

> From: Len Lawrence <lcl / tarazed.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Core dumps in
> ruby-tk on Mandriva 2008.1 Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:15:21 +0900
> Message-ID: <hef3k.39757$yb3.27966 / newsfe18.ams2>
>> Here is the version information for the system:
>> 
>> ruby 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [x86_64-linux-gnu]
>> ruby-tk-1.8.6-9p114mdv2008.1
>> Tk 8.5.1
> 
> I'm very sorry, but I don't have x86_64-linux environment. Can you try
> to use ruby 1.8.7, or port C files (tcltklib.c, stubs.c, tkutil.c) to
> ruby 1.8.6 ?

Thanks again for the advice Hidetoshi.  Installing 1.8.7 did the trick.  
Everything except photo image support works perfectly.  Another thread 
for that problem.

Len