:( ..lib.so.#: Unable to map <insert crap here> :Operation not permitted.

GrapefruiTgirl · 03-08-2007, 04:14 PM

This is a low priority post, just incase anyone happens to have a possible answer as to what happened.

Everything was perfectly fine, until I restarted X.
Then there were no device icons on my desktop.. I figured it was a glitch of some sort, so I logged out and back in, to no avail.
I rebooted, and saw these errors, about 4 of them, during boot:

Something like for example:

Error: Shared library ncurses.lib.so.x.xx: Unable to map shared resources <or something...> : Operation not permitted.

I couldn't run MC, or start X, or do very much of anything, because almost everything I entered into the command line returned a variation of the same message, referring to different xxxxx.lib.so.# files.
I rebooted from the CD and reinstalled some stuff, including system libraries. Same thing after reboot.
I rebooted the CD again and installed the entire system again. Same thing, no fix.
Finally I formatted the partition and reinstalled the whole ****da**ed thing from scratch, and here I am,finally, with a WHOLE LOT of reconfiguring to do to get my beloved system back to some semblance of how I had it.
YES, I have backups of MOST relevant stuff, my config files, personal files, rc.scripts, etc, and all the packages and other .tgz's that I've installed since the beginnning, so it isn't even near a total loss---no bookmarks, dented pride, and for now an ugly desktop---and a severe pain in the a$$..
I'm just wondering if anyone has an idea what **may** have led to this unexplained umm...screwup?
I literally was not doing *anything* at the time, and was logged in as me (user)

erklaerbaer · 03-08-2007, 06:05 PM

just a wild guess: your kernel (or something else really low-level: glibc, bintools,etc..)

bsdunix · 03-08-2007, 07:39 PM

Sounds like the shared library cache/PATH/config got corrupted. The cache is rebuilt on every boot:

Code:

# Update all the shared library links:
if [ -x /sbin/ldconfig ]; then
  echo "Updating shared library links:  /sbin/ldconfig"
  /sbin/ldconfig
fi

http://www.linuxcommand.org/man_pages/ldconfig8.html
http://www.penguin-soft.com/penguin/man/8/ld.so.html

I wouldn't think that restarting the X server with user priviledges would cause corruption to the system shared library settings. If you didn't add/change any software to the system before you restarted the X server, then you might have a hardware problem, possibly memory or hard drive bad spot(s)? Might have been helpful if you were able to view the system log files prior to reinstall.

H_TeXMeX_H · 03-08-2007, 07:59 PM

It sounds like some type of filesystem corruption. I mean after you remade and re-formatted the partitions, the problem went away.

GrapefruiTgirl · 03-09-2007, 07:55 PM

Hmmm.. Thanks for the input guys

I'm still curious too, but.. Well, I just can't say for sure.
I looked thru the logs as best I could with no facilities (mostly tail ends and cat's) and nothing stood out.

That stuff about the LD cache sounds reasonable and appropriate, and yes to all that it did indeed seem like some sort of curruption, but I can't pin down a cause.
The hard drive in question is a brand new Seagate, so for the time being I trust it. If it *is* kernel related, then it would be the first significant or obvious glitch from this kernel (2.6.20) that I have noticed. Anything is possible though.
Well, thanks again, it's a curiousity for the time being, but I'm gonna change my backup strategy ASAP, and archive my entire installation every day to the other HD and maybe to another partition on this drive too, in a 7 or 10 day rotation using cron.
Reinstalling stuff is no big deal, and I didn't lose anything other than bookmarks and personal settings, but that's the annoying part

all the little fine tuning that makes everything *just* how I like it..
Anyhow take care everyone -- and BACKUP!