[TriLUG] Strange Linux (Ubuntu 9.04) Problem

[Glenn Hennessee]

Is it 64-bit linux? I found a page that describes what sounds like the 
very problem you're having as a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit os.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5959926

glenn


Brian Weaver wrote:
> It's mode 0777 (-rwxrwxrwx)
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Glenn Hennessee
> <glenn.hennessee at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> This is probably a silly thing to ask but is the execute bit set?
>> glenn
>>
>>
>> Brian Weaver wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I'm kind of clueless with respect to a problem that a co-worker is
>>> having with her linux system. I'm hoping some might have some clue.
>>>
>>> The system is a Ubuntu 9.04 system and they have a set of executables
>>> from a vendor. I can see the files with ls, cat them to /dev/null,
>>> read them with the 'file' command. However as soon as I try to execute
>>> them or use the ldd command they blow up. For example
>>>
>>> root at system:/tmp/x# uname -a
>>> Linux system.raritan.com 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30
>>> 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
>>> root at system:/tmp/x# file lmutil
>>> lmutil: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV),
>>> dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, stripped
>>> root at system:/tmp/x# cat lmutil >/dev/null
>>> root at system:/tmp/x# ls -l lmutil
>>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1001868 2009-06-07 19:01 lmutil
>>> root at system:/tmp/x# ldd lmutil
>>> /usr/bin/ldd: line 117: ./lmutil: No such file or directory
>>> root at system:/tmp/x# ./lmutil
>>> -bash: ./lmutil: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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>> Glenn Hennessee
>> Department of Chemistry
>> NC State University
>> Raleigh, NC 27606
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Glenn Hennessee
Department of Chemistry
NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27606
Voice: (919) 515-2947 FAX: (919) 515-8909
Email: Glenn_Hennessee at ncsu.edu