MandrakeUpdate has completely quit working for me..
MandrakeUpdate-7.2-13mdk
It simply does not launch at all neither from the DrakConf nor from a
terminal. There is no error message given. Strace yeilds the following...
read(8, "c #ACA9A4\",\n\"n$\tc #C3C2C0\",\n\"o$\t"..., 4096) = 4096
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
_llseek(8, 12327, [12327], SEEK_SET)= 0
shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, 9216, IPC_CREAT|0x1ff|0666) = 365568
shmat(365568, 0, 0) = 0x403d8000
write(3, "\201\1\4\0\3\0@\4\0\224\5\0\0\0\0\0+e\1\0", 20) = 20
read(3, "\1\0011\0\0\0\0\0\21\0@\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32
shmctl(365568, IPC_RMID, 0) = 0
read(8, "$b$c$d$e$f$g$h$i$j$k$l$m$Z . . ."..., 4096) = 1165
write(3, "5\30\4\0\4\0@\4\0\0\\\0007e\5\0\5\0@\4\4\0@\4"..., 104) =
104
read(3, "\1\0017\0\0\0\0\0\21\0@\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32
shmdt(0x403d8000) = 0
close(8)= 0
munmap(0x401ba000, 4096)= 0
write(3, "\201\2\2\0\3\0@\4+\0\1\0", 12) = 12
read(3, "\1\0019\0\0\0\0\0\21\0@\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32
write(3, "f\2\3\0\200\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\2\0\0\0@\4+\0\1\0", 24) = 24
read(3, "\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\21\0@\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32
shutdown(3, 2 /* send and receive */) = 0
close(3)= 0
_exit(0)= ?
This is only the end of the strace. Hope it helps.