diff --git a/mrw/stacktrace.cpp b/mrw/stacktrace.cpp
index a5a6ae9..1b930d2 100644
--- a/mrw/stacktrace.cpp
+++ b/mrw/stacktrace.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     @license LGPL, see file <a href="license.html">COPYING</a>
 
     $Log$
+    Revision 1.8  2004/12/20 13:22:25  marc
+    mrw string now throws exceptions, catch needed
+
     Revision 1.7  2004/10/13 10:47:15  marc
     no more need for ldd in StackTrace, read from /proc/self/maps
 
@@ -257,14 +260,14 @@ mrw::StackTrace::BinFiles mrw::StackTrace::filename()
     std::ifstream is("/proc/self/maps");
     std::string s;
     std::string range, perm, x1, x2, size, lib;
-    while (getline(is, s)) {
+    while (getline(is, s)) try {
       range = perm = x1 = x2 = size = lib = "????";
       s>>range>>perm>>x1>>x2>>size>>lib;
       range.resize(range.find_first_not_of("0123456789abcdefABCDEF"));
       void* addr(0);
       range>>addr;
       if (lib.size() && addr>0) res<<BinFiles::value_type(lib, addr);
-    }
+    } catch (...) {} // ignore non matching lines
     return res;
   }
 #   else