[TriLUG] Strange Linux (Ubuntu 9.04) Problem

[Brian Weaver]

Well I included the 'uname -a' output in the initial message, it ia32;
not a 64 bit system.

Secondly, I found the problem. I did a 'strings' on the problematic
file and found that it referenced /lib/ld-lsb.so.3. I used apt-file
and couldn't find out what package created the file. Turns out that
it's a symbolic link to the linker shared object. I still don't know
what package I have to install, but once I created the symbolic link
it worked.

I find the "file not found behavior" to be less than helpful. It
almost like working with a C compiler from a few decades ago.

-- Brian

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Michele Davis <mcdavis8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> try
> uname -a
> Linux laptop 2.6.28-15-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 9 10:48:52 UTC 2009
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Michele
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Brian Weaver <cmdrclueless at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The system might be, is there an easy way to find out on the command
>> line? I don't have access to the physical system and I doubt the
>> person I'm working with would know either.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> -- Brian
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Glenn Hennessee
>> <glenn.hennessee at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > 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?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Glenn Hennessee
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>> >>> NC State University
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