> I had been bothered with a "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" error in
> the past few days. When insert more array definition in the
> subroutine, the program will exit with an error.

> The main program (test.f) is
>       program test
>       character*1023 file
>       character*20 dtype
>       integer nlat,nlon,ntim
>       real d(600,1440,12)

>       file='anything.txt'
>       dtype='test'

>       nlat=600
>       nlon=1440
>       ntim=12
>       call rdnc(file,dtype,d,nlat,nlon,ntim)

>       end

> The subroutine (rdnc.f) is
>       subroutine rdnc(file,dtype,d,nlat,nlon,ntim)
>       character*(*) file,dtype
>       integer nlat,nlon,ntim
>       real d(nlat,nlon,ntim)
> c      real d2(nlat,nlon,ntim)

>       write(*,*) file
> c     ...

>       end

> When  uncomment the d2 array definition line, the program reports an
> error:
> [tianyf@tyf error.parameters]$ ifort rdnc.f test.f -o test && ./test
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)

> I use Intel Fortran Compiler for Linux version 10.1 and run in redhat
> linux 9.0.
> [tianyf@tyf error.parameters]$ uname -a
> Linux tyf 2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/
> Linux
> [tianyf@tyf error.parameters]$

> I has 2GB RAM and 512 MB swap space, thus I think this error is not
> related to memory capacity. Could someone get me out of the problem?

> Cheers,
> Tian

> On Jan 10, 3:10 pm, "tia...@gmail.com" <tia...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I had been bothered with a "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" error in
> > the past few days. When insert more array definition in the
> > subroutine, the program will exit with an error.

> > The main program (test.f) is
> >       program test
> >       character*1023 file
> >       character*20 dtype
> >       integer nlat,nlon,ntim
> >       real d(600,1440,12)

> >       file='anything.txt'
> >       dtype='test'

> >       nlat=600
> >       nlon=1440
> >       ntim=12
> >       call rdnc(file,dtype,d,nlat,nlon,ntim)

> >       end

> > The subroutine (rdnc.f) is
> >       subroutine rdnc(file,dtype,d,nlat,nlon,ntim)
> >       character*(*) file,dtype
> >       integer nlat,nlon,ntim
> >       real d(nlat,nlon,ntim)
> > c      real d2(nlat,nlon,ntim)

> >       write(*,*) file
> > c     ...

> >       end

> > When  uncomment the d2 array definition line, the program reports an
> > error:
> > [tianyf@tyf error.parameters]$ ifort rdnc.f test.f -o test && ./test
> > Segmentation fault (core dumped)

> > I use Intel Fortran Compiler for Linux version 10.1 and run in redhat
> > linux 9.0.
> > [tianyf@tyf error.parameters]$ uname -a
> > Linux tyf 2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/
> > Linux
> > [tianyf@tyf error.parameters]$

> > I has 2GB RAM and 512 MB swap space, thus I think this error is not
> > related to memory capacity. Could someone get me out of the problem?

> > Cheers,
> > Tian

> You need to increase your default stack size, I'm sure. (You have the
> space, but the compiler does not necessarily allow access to all of
> without your telling it.)

> Regards,

> Mike Metcalf