Re: matlab 5.3 seg fault (can it use both libc.so.6 & libc.so.5 ?)

[Hamori Andras <hamoria@mfa.kfki.hu>]

On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 amj@fhs.lawrence.ks.us wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> 	Mathworks tech support has been unable to help get matlab 5.3
> running on my Debian system.  I was wondering if anybody else has got
> it working and perhaps would know how to fix my problem.
> 
> When I start matlab is says,
> 
> 	Segmentation fault
> 

...

> This is what I see for shared library linking.
> 
> ldd /usr/local/matlab5.3/bin/lnx86/matlab
>         libut.so => /usr/local/matlab5.3/extern/lib/lnx86/libut.so (0x4000b000)
>         libmwhardcopy.so => /usr/local/matlab5.3/bin/lnx86/libmwhardcopy.so (0x4002b000)
>         libmwhg.so => /usr/local/matlab5.3/bin/lnx86/libmwhg.so (0x4004f000)
>         libmwsimulink.so => /usr/local/matlab5.3/bin/lnx86/libmwsimulink.so (0x40149000)
>         libmwgui.so => /usr/local/matlab5.3/bin/lnx86/libmwgui.so (0x404ae000)
>         libmwnumerics.so => /usr/local/matlab5.3/bin/lnx86/libmwnumerics.so (0x40545000)
>         libmwmpath.so => /usr/local/matlab5.3/bin/lnx86/libmwmpath.so (0x405b3000)
>         libmwuix.so => /usr/local/matlab5.3/bin/lnx86/libmwuix.so (0x405c2000)
>         libmwcompiler.so => /usr/local/matlab5.3/bin/lnx86/libmwcompiler.so (0x40854000)
>         libmatlbmx.so => /usr/local/matlab5.3/bin/lnx86/libmatlbmx.so (0x408fa000)
>         libdl.so.1 => /lib/libdl.so.1 (0x40959000)
>         libg++.so.27 => /usr/local/matlab5.3/sys/os/lnx86/libg++.so.27 (0x4095c000)
>         libstdc++.so.27 => /usr/local/matlab5.3/sys/os/lnx86/libstdc++.so.27 (0x40990000)
>         libm.so.5 => /usr/local/matlab5.3/sys/os/lnx86/libm.so.5 (0x409bf000)
> ----->  libc.so.5 => /usr/local/matlab5.3/sys/os/lnx86/libc.so.5 (0x409c8000)
>         libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x40a84000)
>         libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x40ac7000)
>         libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x40b5f000)
>         libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x40b6d000)
>         libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x40b75000)
> ----->  libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40b89000)
>         ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40c2e000)

it seems you haven't got the libc5-compatible X11-related libraries
installed... have a look at the packages in the 'oldlibs' section, I think
'xlib6' and 'xpm' are the ones you need. BTW, is there a FAQ entry on this
topic somewhere? Just about every Debian user can face this problem when
trying to run libc5-based applications...

Andras