2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS
index b88ac04d8..f6068abb4 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+- fix double segfault when text installer fails to init
 - fix stopping udev
 
 Version 13.89 - 02 March 2012
diff --git a/perl-install/install/install2.pm b/perl-install/install/install2.pm
index bf4a294d1..4fdba1f57 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/install2.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/install2.pm
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use any;
 use log;
 use fs;
 use fs::any;
+use Scalar::Util qw(blessed dualvar);
 
 
 #-#######################################################################################
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ sub main {
     $SIG{SEGV} = sub { 
 	my $msg = "segmentation fault: install crashed (maybe memory is missing?)\n" . backtrace();
 	log::l("$msg\n");
-	$o and $o->ask_warn('', $msg);
+	blessed($o) and $o->ask_warn('', $msg);
 	setVirtual(1);
 	require install::steps_auto_install;
 	install::steps_auto_install_non_interactive::errorInStep($o, $msg);