Bug#218657: glibc: libc6 2.3.2.ds1-8 breaks system with x86_64 kernel
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 09:23:38AM -0700, Kevin Rosenberg wrote:
> Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > That is not enough information.
>
> Sorry!
>
> > What goes wrong? What kernel version is it? Is NPTL used?
>
> df gives a report like:
> "/": Bad address
> "/usr": Bad address
> ...
> for each mounted file system. Looking at the df source, it appearred
> that this message is produced when an error code is returned from libc.
>
> I don't recall exactly the error message when I attempted to invoke
> gcc, but it was something about a "process". Also, emacs wouldn't
> start up and complained that some of the .elc were not created by
> emacs.
>
> I tested with kernel versions 2.6.0-test8 initially and then
> 2.6.0-test7 with the same results. I believe than NTPL is compiled in
> by default in 2.6.0 test kernels.
>
> I was unsure whether to file this bug report since it occurred on
> x86_64 kernel which is not officially supported by Debian.
>
> Again, after reverting to 2.3.2-9, all was well again.
Well, I've got no idea. Someone with access to such a system gets to
debug this.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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