x86_64 - can't run i386 binaries any longer

[Sylvain Rouillard]

Jeff,

Probably you could jump on the train of 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=155810

This bug was initially reported as affecting OOo, but maybe the its scope 
should be extended to any i386 app.

Sylvain

Le Mercredi 27 Avril 2005 23:03, Jeff Sheltren a écrit :
> I am currently unable to run i386 packages on FC4 x86_64.  I believe this
> is a new occurrence after doing an update to the latest devel packages this
> morning (I'll be glad to give the full list, but it was 150+ packages).
>
> Now when I try to run i386 binaries, they segfault.  Even trying to run
> 'ldd' on an i386 binary segfaults...
>
> For example (firefox.i386):
> [jeff at hell tmp]$ rpm -qi firefox
> Name        : firefox                      Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 1.0.3                             Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
> Release     : 2                             Build Date: Fri 15 Apr 2005
> 11:22:03 PM PDT
> Install Date: Wed 27 Apr 2005 01:42:54 PM PDT      Build Host:
> decompose.build.redhat.com
> Group       : Applications/Internet         Source RPM:
> firefox-1.0.3-2.src.rpm
> Size        : 31210908                         License: MPL/LGPL
> Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Mon 25 Apr 2005 12:36:56 PM PDT, Key ID
> da84cbd430c9ecf8
> Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
> URL         : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/
> Summary     : Mozilla Firefox Web browser.
> Description :
> Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
> compliance, performance and portability.
> [jeff at hell tmp]$ firefox
> Segmentation fault
>
> strace of firefox ends with:
> execve("/usr/lib/firefox-1.0.3/mozilla-xremote-client",
> ["/usr/lib/firefox-1.0.3/mozilla-x"..., "-a", "firefox",
> "xfeDoCommand(openBrowser)"], [/* 31 vars */]) = 0
> [ Process PID=3604 runs in 32 bit mode. ]
> brk(0)                                  = 0x804c000
> --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
> +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
>
> ldd gives:
> [jeff at hell firefox-1.0.3]$ pwd
> /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.3
> [jeff at hell firefox-1.0.3]$ ldd firefox-bin
> /usr/bin/ldd: line 116:  3639 Segmentation fault
> LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS=1 LD_WARN= LD_BIND_NOW=
> LD_LIBRARY_VERSION=$verify_out LD_VERBOSE= "$@"
>
> I get similar results with other i386 binaries.  I am positive that I could
> run them before on this machine (running FC4); the problem is I'm not
> exactly sure when this stopped working, so it makes it hard to figure out
> the cause.  The problem persists on both kernel-smp-2.6.11-1.1261_FC4 and
> kernel-smp-2.6.11-1.1268_FC4
>
> Any ideas?  Let me know if you need more info.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff