[TriLUG] Strange Linux (Ubuntu 9.04) Problem

[Michele Davis]

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?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> --
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Glenn Hennessee
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> > NC State University
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