On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 12:37:17PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Package: user-mode-linux > Version: 2.6.18-1um-1 > Severity: normal > > UML doesn't start anymore. Following is the message I get: > > Checking that ptrace can change system call numbers...OK > Checking syscall emulation patch for ptrace...OK > Checking advanced syscall emulation patch for ptrace...OK > Checking for tmpfs mount on /dev/shm...OK > Checking PROT_EXEC mmap in /dev/shm/...failed: Operation not permitted > /dev/shm/ must be not mounted noexec > > /dev/shm/ is tmpfs and is mounted noexec > > Please also follow the following thread for the particular patch which > brings this issue: > http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/4/10/255 > > I think the initscripts should be modified to mount /dev/shm as noexec > or atleast should go into that mode once uml gets installed.
this affects also other applications, see: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=386945 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=378280 you can, at the moment, go for this workaround by adding in the /etc/fstab the following line: shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0 whenever you would not patch the kernel. Cheers SteX -- Stefano Melchior, GPG key = D52DF829 - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.openlabs.it/~stex -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://etinarcadiaego.dyndns.org -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Skype ID "stefanomelchior"
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
