VIFM was working normally, then, suddenly, started crashing with error message on startup: "Segmentation fault: 11"

Question

VIFM was working normally on OSX Yosemite. My system crashed because of an unrelated issue and, when I booted it back, I noticed VIFM wouldn't open anymore. Typing "vifm" on the terminal only shows an error message:

Segmentation fault: 11

Why is this happening and how can I fix it?

Segmentation faults are bugs. You should report this to vifm. — FDinoff, Jan 05 '15 at 18:25
Off topic, belongs to SU. This is more about using a software than writing one. — mike3996, Jan 05 '15 at 18:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 05 '15 at 18:04

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I don't know what was wrong, but I managed to fix my issue by trial and error by replacing ~/.vifm/vifminfo with a brand new one, downloaded from the sources. I'm posting this here to help someone with the same problem, since I couldn't find any solution online.

answered Jan 05 '15 at 18:04

MaiaVictor

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Do you still have that broken `vifminfo` file around? It was broken in some strange way and situations are quite hard to reproduce intentionally. – xaizek Jan 10 '15 at 20:22
I don't, I'm sorry :( – MaiaVictor Jan 10 '15 at 20:24

VIFM was working normally, then, suddenly, started crashing with error message on startup: "Segmentation fault: 11"

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