[SOLVED] update to current, rtorrent throws error, won't start

mrclisdue · 03-10-2011, 02:54 PM

32 bit current

Code:

mrclisdue@laptop:~$ rtorrent
rtorrent: print_download_info(...) wrote past end of the buffer.

googling the error returns patch & diff stuff dating from '06 until '10, but doesn't offer much in help to me.

I dl'd the latest rtorrent/libtorrent from svn, but neither would build - I can post the errors if someone believes them to be pertinent.

cheers,

Darth Vader · 03-10-2011, 03:07 PM

Looks right as an NX buffer-overflow denial action from a PAE/NX kernel.

Then, in your app is a BIG BUG, which allow the buffer-overflows and kernel killed it. Blame the rtorrent developers for crappy code.

BTW, we have NX active by default, now? Why not PAE too?

andrew.46 · 03-10-2011, 03:48 PM

This error has been mentioned in the rtorrent bugtracker and certainly on my system (slackware current with the recent upgrade to ncurses 5.8) the suggested patch kick-started rtorrent 0.8.6 well enough... The maintainer for SBo might be interested to pick up this patch as well I suspect.

mrclisdue · 03-10-2011, 04:36 PM

Thank you, andrew.46; I applied the patch to the 0.8.7 tarball and it installed and runs perfectly (I'm not concerned about the svn not compiling...)

cheers,

diwljina · 03-11-2011, 08:14 AM

Thanks Andrew, this helped me too.