bad sigarg pointer at pointer-addr or bad sigarg vector, can't read sigarg vector near sigarg-addr Facility: DEBUG, VMS Debugger Explanation: The debugger is attempting to chain down the call stack, following frame pointers, and has encountered an exception handler. The signal argument pointer at location pointer-addr points to a signal argument vector at least part of which is not read accessible near location sigarg-addr. User Action: Determine what part of your code is overwriting the stored signal argument pointer on the call stack, or part of the signal argument vector itself, and correct it. Since the debugger looks at the call stack to symbolize addresses, you may suppress some of these messages by typing the command "SET MODE NOSYMBOLIC".