"Segmentation fault (core dumped)" error when running usb sd creator

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04

I downloaded LibreELEC.USB-SD.Creator.Linux-64bit.bin
Then changed it to executable and ran it as root with sudo.

Immediately get the error: "Segmentation fault (core dumped)"

But this ONLY happens when my SD card is inserted into the laptop.

If I eject the SD then the SD Creator launches with no problem, but then soon as I insert the SD card the program crashes: it just exits.

I have been using the SD with no issues. It's a Toshiba 16GB. And I just tried partitioning and formatting it to see if that would help, but no luck.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Ash

Hi vpeter and Klojum thanks for such quick replies. I'm fairly new to linux so please bear that in mind if I say something odd.

This is an HP laptop, model 15-1215dx (if I can read the label correctly. It's rather worn)

Not sure if it makes a diff but I'm using a Micro SD card and it is identified in my system as /dev/mmcblk0

sudo fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0

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Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 14.5 GiB, 15548284928 bytes, 30367744 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xa6202af7

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/mmcblk0p1 2048 30367743 30365696 14.5G b W95 FAT32

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sudo ./LibreELEC.USB-SD.Creator.Linux-64bit.bin --debug

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App data: Version: 1.1.0, Build date: Sep 17 2016 09:14:11
Whoami: root
Whoami: randoker
Getting QUrl("http://releases.libreelec.tv/creator_version")
Handling get request with response code 200
Downloaded 6 bytes from "http://releases.libreelec.tv/creator_version"
QVersionCompare 0
no new version
Getting QUrl("http://releases.libreelec.tv/releases.json")
Handling get request with response code 200
Downloaded 15917 bytes from "http://releases.libreelec.tv/releases.json"
getSizeOfDevice: size 15548284928 device "/dev/mmcblk0"
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

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Quote from vpeter

And can you try using this sd card with USB reader to see who is doing this problems (sd crd or reader).

Hi vpeter, regarding your suggestion to "try using with USB reader", I am currently putting the micro SD card into an adapter and inserting this into a slot on the laptop that reads SD cards. Here is the exact equipment I am using and it plugs directly into the laptop:

That worked!

Haven't tested booting in the Raspberry PI yet but it sucessfully wrote the image.

Bravo!!!

Thank you!!!