I just updated a machine that was previously running unstable to the most current version of unstable and a bunch of programs that seem to depend on libc5 core dump (emacs, fvwm2, ?). I poked around but couldn't solve the problem so I thought the easiest thing to do would be to present the output of strace and see if anyone knows what I am missing. Any help is gratefully appreciated. Cheers
--------------- strace emacs execve("/usr/bin/emacs", ["emacs"], [/* 27 vars */]) = 0 mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40007000 mprotect(0x40000000, 20961, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x8048000, 668058, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 stat("/etc/ld.so.cache", {st_mode=0, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 mmap(0, 9600, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) = 0x40008000 close(3) = 0 stat("/etc/ld.so.preload", 0xbffffc0c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096 mmap(0, 229376, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4000b000 mmap(0x4000b000, 201946, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0x4000b000 mmap(0x4003d000, 20172, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x31000) = 0x4003d000 mmap(0x40042000, 4, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40042000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x4000b000, 201946, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096 mmap(0, 73728, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40043000 mmap(0x40043000, 63121, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0x40043000 mmap(0x40053000, 3832, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0xf000) = 0x40053000 mmap(0x40054000, 456, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40054000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x40043000, 63121, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096 mmap(0, 294912, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40055000 mmap(0x40055000, 274695, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0x40055000 mmap(0x40099000, 11912, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x43000) = 0x40099000 mmap(0x4009c000, 1148, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4009c000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x40055000, 274695, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096 mmap(0, 36864, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4009d000 mmap(0x4009d000, 27961, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0x4009d000 mmap(0x400a4000, 4908, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x6000) = 0x400a4000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x4009d000, 27961, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096 mmap(0, 86016, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x400a6000 mmap(0x400a6000, 71887, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0x400a6000 mmap(0x400b8000, 3532, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x11000) = 0x400b8000 mmap(0x400b9000, 6712, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x400b9000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x400a6000, 71887, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096 mmap(0, 49152, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x400bb000 mmap(0x400bb000, 40189, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0x400bb000 mmap(0x400c5000, 4272, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x9000) = 0x400c5000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x400bb000, 40189, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096 mmap(0, 671744, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x400c7000 mmap(0x400c7000, 646981, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0x400c7000 mmap(0x40165000, 19984, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x9d000) = 0x40165000 mmap(0x4016a000, 884, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4016a000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x400c7000, 646981, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libncurses.so.3.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libncurses.so.3.0", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096 mmap(0, 245760, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4016b000 mmap(0x4016b000, 193514, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0x4016b000 mmap(0x4019b000, 30072, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x2f000) = 0x4019b000 mmap(0x401a3000, 13228, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x401a3000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x4016b000, 193514, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libm.so.5", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libm.so.5", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096 mmap(0, 36864, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x401a7000 mmap(0x401a7000, 25012, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0x401a7000 mmap(0x401ae000, 4480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x6000) = 0x401ae000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x401a7000, 25012, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libc.so.5", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libc.so.5", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096 mmap(0, 770048, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x401b0000 mmap(0x401b0000, 536563, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0x401b0000 mmap(0x40233000, 24224, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x82000) = 0x40233000 mmap(0x40239000, 208324, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40239000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x401b0000, 536563, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096 mmap(0, 647168, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4026c000 mmap(0x4026c000, 580019, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0x4026c000 mmap(0x402fa000, 16364, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x8d000) = 0x402fa000 mmap(0x402fe000, 48816, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x402fe000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x4026c000, 580019, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/ld-linux.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/ld-linux.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096 mmap(0, 49152, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4030a000 mmap(0x4030a000, 39152, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0x4030a000 mmap(0x40314000, 3720, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x9000) = 0x40314000 mmap(0x40315000, 696, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40315000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x4030a000, 39152, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/X11R6/lib/ld-linux.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/X11R6/lib/ld-linux.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/X11R6/lib/ld-linux.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/X11R6/lib/ld-linux.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/X11R6/lib/ld-linux.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/X11R6/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/X11R6/lib/ld-linux.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/X11R6/lib/ld-linux.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) munmap(0x40008000, 9600) = 0 mprotect(0x8048000, 668058, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x4000b000, 201946, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x40043000, 63121, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x40055000, 274695, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x4009d000, 27961, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x400a6000, 71887, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x400bb000, 40189, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x400c7000, 646981, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x4016b000, 193514, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x401a7000, 25012, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x401b0000, 536563, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x4026c000, 580019, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x4030a000, 39152, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 mprotect(0x40000000, 20961, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0 geteuid() = 208 getuid() = 208 getgid() = 208 getegid() = 208 getpid() = 271 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ -- Colin Telmer, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations School of Policy Studies Building, Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L-3N6 (613)545-6000x4219 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word 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