[MPlayer-users] segfault even when running with no input files or options

[Oliver Seitz]

Am 31.05.2012 07:24, schrieb Ron Johnson:
> On 05/30/2012 11:57 PM, Oliver Seitz wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> What causes programs to start segfaulting out of the blue without any
>>> other changes to the system? H/w problems.
[...]
>> 4) CPU malfunction. When silicon wears off (yes, it does wear off in
>> some sense), it does not necessarily die going up in smoke. A tiny bit
>> of circuitry, which is only used by a higly specialized multimedia
>> program, may be corrupt while the biggest part still works fine. This
>> would be a very rare case, but possible.
>>
>
> Maybe "short circuit" is what you mean, from heat damage.
>

For example, yes. But even when temperature is within the specs, doping 
elements may slowly migrate, eventually leading to malfunction of some 
transistors. Higher temperature and finer litography both speeds up this 
type of degradation.

Greets,
Kiste