It's an R5000PC machine - recompiling update-menus with static linking (as suggested by Krzysztof) fixed it.
Thanks. -Yert ----- Original Message ----- From: Guido Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-mips <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 5:28 AM Subject: Re: Bus Error in update-menus > On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 03:25:14AM +0100, Florian Lohoff wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 01:46:05PM -0600, Trey Shewmake wrote: > > > After finishing the debian install (which went very smoothly, for a network > > > install over dialup - nice work, guys), I was attempting to install the > > > x-window-system package, and am having the same error I had before, with an > > > error message of "Bus Error update-menus". If I run update-menus > > > manually, the only response is "Bus Error". > > > > > > Running the program through gdb gives: > > > > > > Program received signal SIGBUS, Bus error. > > > 0x2acfdc50 in strcmp () from /lib/libc.so.6 > > > > > > I noticed while digging through the mailing list archive that this had been > > > mentioned earlier this year, but I couldn't find a resolution - does anyone > > > have any tips? > > > > > > > Is this a R4600 machine ? > This looks like the g++ exception handling bug to me. > -- Guido > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

