Try...catch causes segmentation fault on embedded ARM with posix threads

Answer 1

Just a diagnostic question: What happens if you don't detach the thread in Start()? You'd have to pthread_join() the threads back in main().

Also, have you considered Boost's threads? That might be more appropriate since you're using C++ rather than C.

Answer 2

I once encountered a problem like this which was caused by linking with a version of libstdc++ with no threading support, meaning that all threads shared a common exception handling stack with disastrous consequences.

Make sure the cross-compiler and its libraries were configured with --enable-threads=posix.