On 11/30/2011 2:19 PM, Daniel Buss wrote: > Sir, > > I just downloaded valgrind-3.7.0.tar.bz2 > <file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/dan/My%20Documents/Downloads/valgrind-3.7.0.tar.bz2> > and have been trying to install it onto SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11. > > As per the manual (page 69) I run the following (as su). > ./configure > make > make install > > After that, if I type in "valgrind ls -l" (as su), the command works. > valgrind ls -l > ==8511== Memcheck, a memory error detector > ==8511== Copyright (C) 2002-2011, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. > ==8511== Using Valgrind-3.7.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info > ==8511== Command: ls -l > (snip) > ==8511== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v > ==8511== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 2 from 2) > > BUT... as a generic user I get the following. > valgrind ls -l > valgrind: failed to start tool 'memcheck' for platform 'amd64-linux': > Permission > denied
What are the permissions on <valg-install-dir>/lib/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux (might be "lib64/valgrind" vs "lib/valgrind)"? I think the executable permissions bit should be set for everyone -- install user (root, in your case), group, and others. -Maynard > > I have uninstall-ed and reinstalled this several times (as 64 bit only and a > few > other options) but always end up with the same issue. > I seriously don't want to run the program I'm trying to debug as root so I'm > kind of stuck. > > Any advise would be appreciated, > > Thank you for your time and attention. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure > contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, > security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this > data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > > > > _______________________________________________ > Valgrind-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/valgrind-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ Valgrind-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/valgrind-users
