From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Dec 29 13:39: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5287E156EE for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 13:38:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 20708 invoked from network); 29 Dec 1999 21:38:51 -0000 Received: from userat13.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.137.116) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 29 Dec 1999 21:38:51 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA93470; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 21:40:31 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 21:40:31 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Novocaer <_novocaer_@usa.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.2 executables won't run Message-ID: <19991229214031.V1290@marder-1> References: <19991229212951.6807.qmail@nw171.netaddress.usa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <19991229212951.6807.qmail@nw171.netaddress.usa.net> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 02:29:51PM -0700, Novocaer wrote: > Dear sirs, > as it happens my first experience with FreeBSD is with 3.2-Stable, > and i've yet to see this sort of problem ever. > When i run a file, that should run, i get error message as if it didn't > exist. So i check permissions- they're OK. I check it with "file"- > the output seems reasonable (executable, stripped etc.). So i go hmmm. > Maybe that's a shell problem. I change the shell- nothing. So i go hmmm. > Maybe i loaded one or more modules that are somehow defective. Unloading- > Nothing. So i go hmmm. Maybe i should try something else: > #cat >asd < echo qwerty > EOF > #chmod a+x asd > "file" on "asd" says "text file", but when i run it- you guessed- nothing. > So i go hmmm. Maybe pleading to the CPU would help? So i type: Ah, did you type ``./asd'' to run it (unless the current directory is in your path): marder-1# cat >asd < #cat >a.c < main(){ > printf('qwerty'); > } > EOF > #gcc a.c > and get executable "a.out" that won't run either. So i go hmmm. > #gdb a.out > looking through the main() procedure reveals nothing strange. > I got a feeling i'm missing something big here... > Additional (Maybe) important data to analyse: > A. I was unable to diferentiate the files that run from those that don't. > It's not owner dependant, size dependant, shell dependant, in or out > of X, loadable modules or not, made for Linux or not, not user > dependant- i tried real hard. > B. I used the same set of CD's to install on a different station (200mhz, > 64mb, 6.4GB pentium) and the same problem appeared there. > C. I tried it on different installs, expert/novice, w/ developer or w/o- > again- nothing. > D. Yes, i do hummm a-lot. > > Thank you. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > TagLine Thieves Guild Official Member # 31415926535 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- "there's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture that allows you to install Windows too" -Matthew D. Fuller ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message