Move off the 2.5.X kernel on to the stable branch/tree/leaf (whatever it is in
kernel world).
apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-686
(replace 686 with 386,k7 or whichever kernel flavour you want.)
good luck,
Greg.
On Fri, 7 May 2004 05:52 am, Ramon Buckland wrote:
> Thanks Felix,
>
> I actually run that the other day, but I couldn't see
> anything obvious, here's the output.
>
> cheers
>
> --------------------------
> sebago:~# strace df
> execve("/bin/df", ["df"], [/* 14 vars */]) = 0
> uname({sys="Linux", node="sebago", ...}) = 0
> brk(0) = 0x8050000
> old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS,
> -1, 0) = 0x40017000
> access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> directory)
> open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> directory)
> open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=58697, ...}) = 0
> old_mmap(NULL, 58697, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40018000
> close(3) = 0
> access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> directory)
> open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\200^\1"...,
> 512) = 512
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1243792, ...}) = 0
> old_mmap(NULL, 1253956, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) =
> 0x40027000
> old_mmap(0x4014f000, 32768, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED,
> 3, 0x127000) = 0x4014f000
> old_mmap(0x40157000, 8772, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40157000
> close(3) = 0
> munmap(0x40018000, 58697) = 0
> brk(0) = 0x8050000
> brk(0x8071000) = 0x8071000
> brk(0) = 0x8071000
> open("/etc/mtab", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=585, ...}) = 0
> old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS,
> -1, 0) = 0x40018000
> read(3, "/dev/hda5 / ext2 rw,errors=remou"..., 4096) = 585
> read(3, "", 4096) = 0
> close(3) = 0
> munmap(0x40018000, 4096) = 0
> fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0600, st_rdev=makedev(136, 0), ...}) = 0
> old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS,
> -1, 0) = 0x40018000
> write(1, "Filesystem 1K-blocks "..., 67Filesystem
> 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> ) = 67
> statfs64("/", 84, <unfinished ...>
> +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
> --------------------------
>
> On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 23:22, Felix Sheldon wrote:
> > Ramon Buckland wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >sometime in the past month, I performed an upgrade
> > >to my unstable debian. (apt-get update/upgrade) and possibly (i can't
> > >remember, a dist-upgrade.
> > >
> > >I'm now getting a seg fault on a few commands., but repeatable is
> > >when attempting to run df.
> > >
> > >Can anyone suggest a way I can resolve the issue? My ultimate aim is to
> > >fix without a reinstall the box. (but if needed, I guess I will).
> >
> > 'strace df' would be a good first step, to see what it's doing when it
> > segfaults.
> >
> >
> > <snip>
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