On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, G. Crimp wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 10:37:29AM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote:
> >
> > Could be as simple as a corrupt database. try `mandb --create`
> >
>
> Wooow ! Tried it. Did get use of man back (Thanks !), but
> got many warnings (see below). And
On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 10:37:29AM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote:
>
> Could be as simple as a corrupt database. try `mandb --create`
>
Wooow ! Tried it. Did get use of man back (Thanks !), but
got many warnings (see below). And anyway, what would cause an otherwise
sweet and in
Could be as simple as a corrupt database. try `mandb --create`
On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, G. Crimp wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can't use 'man' anymore. It doesn't dump core, but I do get a
> Segmentation fault in X as on the console, when I am root as when I am
> joeuser.
>
> I can't recall ha
bash-2.00$ man I_have_no_entry_for_that
No manual entry for I_have_no_entry_for_that
I can't understand the behaviour you are observing. From time to time there is
some discussion here about man seg fault. I think someone said it could be
avoided by issuing man-db -c.
> Ulrich Jans posted a mes
Ulrich Jans posted a message about man segmentation fault.
Since I first installed debian (1.31) I have always get a segmentation fault
error any time I attempt to use man for anything that's not in the man page.
There doesn't seem to be any problem (It's just man's cute way of saying 'I
have
Bujtar Janos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello !
>
>
> Today my debian hamm started to fail when i want to see a man page
>
> Every time i want to see man pages (any!!!) the result is core dumped.
>
> Stracing the man the last message is " Updating index cache for path.."
>
>
> Any ideas?
Bujtar Janos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Today my debian hamm started to fail when i want to see a man page
> Every time i want to see man pages (any!!!) the result is core dumped.
> Stracing the man the last message is " Updating index cache for path.."
> Any ideas?
Well, I don't have the ha
Bujtar Janos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello !
>
>
> Today my debian hamm started to fail when i want to see a man page
>
> Every time i want to see man pages (any!!!) the result is core
> dumped.
>
> Stracing the man the last message is " Updating index cache for
> path.."
That happened
On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 01:43:53PM +0100, Bujtar Janos wrote:
>
> Today my debian hamm started to fail when i want to see a man page
>
> Every time i want to see man pages (any!!!) the result is core dumped.
>
> Stracing the man the last message is " Updating index cache for path.."
I had the
> "janos" == Bujtar Janos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
janos> Every time i want to see man pages (any!!!) the result is
janos> core dumped.
you can try to re-create manpage index cache via:
$ man 8 mandb
$ mandb -c
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On Mon, Feb 02, 1998 at 12:15:02AM +0100, Jens Ritter wrote:
> Gerald Wann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hello -
> >
> > I am getting a segmentation fault whe i invoke man from the
> > command line. What are the possible causes of this error, please?
> >
> This one reached the Faq-O-Matic. I
Gerald Wann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello -
>
> I am getting a segmentation fault whe i invoke man from the
> command line. What are the possible causes of this error, please?
>
> Thanks
> Jerry
>
http://www.debian.org/cgi-bin/fom?file=58&showEditCmds=1
This one reached the Faq-O-Matic.
Gerald Wann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello -
>
> I am getting a segmentation fault whe i invoke man from the
> command line. What are the possible causes of this error, please?
See if running the command 'mandb -c' while root fixes this problem.
If it does, the problem is that the man index
On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Gerald Wann wrote:
> I am getting a segmentation fault whe i invoke man from the
> command line. What are the possible causes of this error, please?
which debian release are you using? Stable, unstable, 1.2 ..?
Will
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