--- freem/src/symtab_bltin.c	2025/04/13 04:22:43	1.11
+++ freem/src/symtab_bltin.c	2025/04/14 19:56:27	1.12
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *   $Id: symtab_bltin.c,v 1.11 2025/04/13 04:22:43 snw Exp $
+ *   $Id: symtab_bltin.c,v 1.12 2025/04/14 19:56:27 snw Exp $
  *      FreeM local system table and user-defined special variable table 
  *
  *  
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
  *   along with FreeM.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  *
  *   $Log: symtab_bltin.c,v $
+ *   Revision 1.12  2025/04/14 19:56:27  snw
+ *   Working towards FreeBSD fix
+ *
  *   Revision 1.11  2025/04/13 04:22:43  snw
  *   Fix snprintf calls
  *
@@ -163,13 +166,12 @@ void symtab_init (void)
         mbpartition = (char *) shm_alloc ((size_t) PSIZE + 2);
         if (mbpartition != NULL) {
             shm_config->hdr->use_mb_globals = TRUE;
+            shm_config->hdr->partition = mbpartition;
         }
         else {
             fprintf (stderr, "symtab_init:  falling back to global-backed structured system variables\r\n");
             shm_config->hdr->use_mb_globals = FALSE;
         }
-
-        shm_config->hdr->partition = mbpartition;
         
         if (symtab_get_sem ()) {
             for (i = 0; i < 128; i++) shm_config->hdr->alphptr[i] = 0L;
@@ -184,8 +186,10 @@ void symtab_init (void)
             fprintf (stderr, "symtab_init:  could not attach to symbol table semaphore\r\n");
             exit (1);
         }
-        
-        mbpartition = shm_config->hdr->partition;
+
+        if (shm_config->hdr->use_mb_globals == TRUE) {
+            mbpartition = shm_config->hdr->partition;
+        }
 
         symtab_release_sem ();
     }