> I've been trying to compile a program I downloaded which has a lot of
> local variables in main()...about 8Mb worth.  It compiles okay, but when I
> come to run it, it SEGVs before doing anything.  
> 
> gdb backtrace tells me:
> 
> __main()
> __start()
> 
> Presumably, it's having trouble with all the local variables.  Is there
> any way around this?  (Other than rewriting the program...)
> 
> I've tried specifying -static and using ulimit, both to no avail.
> 

What precisely did you ulimit.  If they are local variables, you probably 
need to ulimit the stack as well as the data segment.

Just a suggestion.

R.