danielle% uname -a
Linux danielle.hinet.hr 2.4.0-test5 #9 Pon Srp 31 15:41:45 CEST 2000 i686
unknown
danielle% rpm -qa | grep abiword
abiword-0.7.10-5
danielle% abiword 
/usr/X11R6/bin/abiword: line 39: 24452 Segmentation fault      (core
dumped) $ABISUITE_LIBEXEC/AbiWord_d "$@"

well strace is huge so I clipped some part that I think is relevant ->

...
uname({sys="Linux", node="danielle.hinet.hr", ...}) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, ~[], [CHLD TTOU], 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD TTOU], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, ~[], [CHLD TTOU], 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD TTOU], NULL, 8) = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/hr_HR/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
(No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
write(2, "/usr/X11R6/bin/abiword: line 39:"..., 110/usr/X11R6/bin/abiword:
line 39: 24477 Segmentation fault      (core dumped)
$ABISUITE_LIBEXEC/AbiWord_d "$@"
) = 110
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD TTOU], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [CHLD], 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) ---
...

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mozgy