Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 17:54:07 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: System reports libelf.so.1 finds libedit.so.8 not proper layout? Message-ID: <CAN6yY1sbPA9Uwjorp--xiyRZhfv7F1_XpnqbN10ubCZEqe-EKQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2340d01b-7c75-045e-7b35-27eff9bed1f7@qeng-ho.org> References: <CAN6yY1vCc23%2BKi9FHb2WVosh0yd707Oj-g1U2WthiG2egz4JDA@mail.gmail.com> <2340d01b-7c75-045e-7b35-27eff9bed1f7@qeng-ho.org>
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--000000000000bdd18b05fc51d3c3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks so much! I'm back up and online. I should have thought of it as I remember how I thought it was a great idea and it was. For the record, something happened to the ld-elf.so.hints file. It contained only lib32 entries. Restored from backup and the system booted up normally. On Mon, May 22, 2023, 00:13 Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> wrote: > On 22/05/2023 06:18, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > My month-old server has died with a baffling error. It boots to the > > prompt to enter the shell (default: /bin/sh). Entering anything returns= : > > libelf.so.1: /usr/lib32/libedit.20.8: unsupported file layout > > > > As there is no way to enter any command without a shell, I can't > > proceed. This baffles me. > > Have you tried using /rescue/sh (or /rescue/{csh,tcsh) depending on > taste)? The /rescue programs are statically linked so should work. > > -- > We build our computer systems the way we build our cities; over time, > without a plan, on top of ruins. > =E2=80=94 Ellen Ullman > > --000000000000bdd18b05fc51d3c3 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">Thanks so much! I'm back up and online. I should have= thought of it as I remember how I thought it was a great idea and it was.<= div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">For the record, something happ= ened to the ld-elf.so.hints file. It contained only lib32 entries. Restored= from backup and the system booted up normally.</div></div><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, May 22, 2023= , 00:13 Arthur Chance <<a href=3D"mailto:freebsd@qeng-ho.org">freebsd@qe= ng-ho.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 22/05= /2023 06:18, Kevin Oberman wrote:<br> > My month-old server has died with a baffling error. It boots to the<br= > > prompt to enter the shell (default: /bin/sh). Entering anything return= s:<br> > libelf.so.1:=C2=A0 /usr/lib32/libedit.20.8: unsupported file layout<br= > > <br> > As there is no way to enter any command without a shell, I can't<b= r> > proceed. This baffles me.<br> <br> Have you tried using /rescue/sh (or /rescue/{csh,tcsh) depending on<br> taste)? The /rescue programs are statically linked so should work.<br> <br> -- <br> We build our computer systems the way we build our cities; over time,<br> without a plan, on top of ruins.<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =E2=80=94 Ellen Ullman<br> <br> </blockquote></div> --000000000000bdd18b05fc51d3c3--
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