As per a suggestion I run an strace on the setup program. The last portion
of the strace is at the bottom of this email. I didnt bother attaching the
whole thing. Is there any thing I can do about this?
I love debian, the distro rocks! I am a little concerned about
compatibility though. Linux is supposed to be one OS with many distro's.
The core OS(kernel and libs) should be the same through out distro's. This
is the first time I have ever had a compatibility issue, but it is a
concern for me, and it should be a concern for all distro's.
Redhat has made a large headway into the corporate sector, it has also
managed to hook up with a number of corporate partners. I mention this as
it generally means when a company with "redhat ties" releases something
for linux they will really mean "redhat". Wouldn't it be in debians
interests to find out what redhat is doing different, and if acceptable do
that, if not, try and open discussions with redhat about the problem.
Before anyone flames me in regards to "well you fix it then". I really
wish I could. I don't have the skill. I love linux and want to see it make
even more headway. This problem I have had is only small, but it is
something that could grow out of control and cause a rift in linux
distro's...something no one wants.
Regards,
Stewart James
_____START STRACE OUTPUT_____
munmap(0x40018000, 18760) = 0
getpid() = 25149
getpid() = 25149
uname({sys="Linux", node="cerberus", ...}) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGRT_0, {0x40025f8c, [], 0x4000000}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGRT_1, {0x40026018, [], 0x4000000}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGRT_2, {0x40026118, [], 0x4000000}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [RT_0], NULL, 8) = 0
_sysctl({{CTL_KERN, KERN_VERSION}, 2, 0xbffff7f4, 35, (nil), 0}) = 0
brk(0) = 0x814d598
brk(0x814d640) = 0x814d640
brk(0) = 0x814d640
old_mmap(NULL, 2097152, PROT_NONE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_NORESERVE, -1,
0) = 0x402b3000
munmap(0x402b3000, 315392) = 0
munmap(0x40400000, 733184) = 0
mprotect(0x40300000, 0, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
____END STRACE OUTPUT_____
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Nate Amsden wrote:
> Stewart James -Stootles- wrote:
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem I have having. I am
> > new to Debian but have been using redhat/mandrake for a few years.
> >
> > I recently switched to Debian. (great distro by the way)
> >
> > At work we use iplanet(netscape) messaging server and their directory
> > server. This means using netscape console for some of the administration
> > of the products.
> >
> > The netscape console is available at
> > http://www.iplanet.com/downloads/patches/0115.html
> >
> > I have run this before on Mandrake 7.0 to 7.2 with out issue.
> >
> > The problems is easy - get the download uncompress and run ./setup and it
> > seg faults, does not even start to run.
> >
> > IPlanet suggests Kernel 2.2.5 and glibc 2.1.1 I have run it on other
> > kernels, am unsure of the glibc version I have run it on before as I have
> > never had a problem like this before.
