Re: [SLUG] Can't exec binary file

[Andrew Bennetts]

On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 11:30:33PM +1000, Martin wrote:
> results in
> 
> "strace: exec: Exec format error"
> 
> i have no idea what that means. not even google helped :(

Try "file /usr/bin/X11/xmodmap".  Contrast against "file /bin/sh".

You may be trying to run an a.out binary on an ELF system... there is a
kernel module to support them.

-Andrew.

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