[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Cleber Santz
Me too I reinstall the system, and waiting for stable update -- REGRESSION: glibc 2.7-9ubuntu1 NSS module broken due to toolchain changes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubu

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread André Lemos
Fred, it's: dpkg -X package /target/directory/ (notice the capital X) -- REGRESSION: glibc 2.7-9ubuntu1 NSS module broken due to toolchain changes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Fred
Okay, got my system fixed now. Using the LiveCD and; cp --parents `dpkg -L libc6-i686 | xargs` /path/to/mounted/disk/ cp --parents `dpkg -L libc6 | xargs` /path/to/mounted/disk/ -- Shouldn't important and system-critical updates like this have been put into 'hardy-proposed' (Pre-release updates)

Re: [Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Jan Groenewald
Hi On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 02:02:54PM -, Fred wrote: > Lillipuziano, > I could not get your solution to work. > > > - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ubuntu# chroot /myroot dpkg -x > libc6_2.7-5ubuntu2_i386.deb > - dpkg-deb: --extract needs a target directory. > - Perhaps you should be using dp

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Colin Watson
We don't do that for development releases, no; hardy-updates only becomes useful after release. As is prominently mentioned in a number of places, you should not be using pre-release versions of Ubuntu unless you are comfortable dealing with occasional (even severe) breakage. ** Summary changed:

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Colin Watson
Fixed packages are now available on archive.ubuntu.com. -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ub

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Fred
Lillipuziano, I could not get your solution to work. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ubuntu# chroot /myroot dpkg -x libc6_2.7-5ubuntu2_i386.deb - dpkg-deb: --extract needs a target directory. - Perhaps you should be using dpkg --install ? -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program w

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread TheGZeus
Lillipuziano, Kubuntu mounts volumes automatically. One click in Dolphin, D3lphin or (either)Konqi on the disk in the Storage Media area. Appearing on the desktop without an event (insertion of some media) doesn't work yet (at least in KDE3, I haven't spent much time with KDE4 yet). -- Hardy: "

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Bremm
People are concerned about 'sudo' and MALLOC_CHECK_ variable. Anybody could run anything exporting it with "=1", but suid and sgid binaries don't work with it. >From `info malloc`: There is one problem with `MALLOC_CHECK_': in SUID or SGID binaries it could possibly be exploited since diverging f

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Marco Rodrigues
I had an open terminal when this happen and just have done: $ wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.7-5ubuntu2_i386.deb and after: $ su -c "dpkg -i libc6_2.7-5ubuntu2_i386.deb" And it works fine now.. :-) scared update :( -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Lillipuziano
Thanks guys! We all love Ubuntu. :-) -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubu

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Colin Watson
It will take a little while for this to become available, and it will probably require manual handholding on the buildds. All the necessary people are awake and aware of the problem, and we'll ensure that a response is available as quickly as we can. -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no pro

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Bart Verwilst
Just give it a couple of hours. No pressure ;) -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Lillipuziano
How long does it take to new packages to appear in repos? I'm using the main server with Synaptic, but I still can't see it listed. -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package glibc - 2.7-9ubuntu2 --- glibc (2.7-9ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low * Clear out LDFLAGS when building; glibc isn't happy building with -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions. LP: #201673 -- Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:34:28 +

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Mikael Gerdin
@Fred: that's what I just did, and "apt-cache policy libc6" now shows a higher priority for the currently installed version -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Fred Hermanns
@jyio: What if you don't have a /etc/apt/preferences? Just create one in kate, copy your lines into that new preferences and save it to /etc/apt and ? Or how else? -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notific

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Vetch
Kyle M Weller, Lillipuziano, thanks a lot you for your solutions. Works great for me. -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread the4dk
Thanks Lillipuziano! Your solution works perfect ;) I got my system back in few minutes ;) -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Lillipuziano
Here's how I did: * Boot from the Live CD/DVD * Depending on the Live CD you are using (Gnome is better, cause you'll only need to double click the appropriate icon on your desktop), you'll have to manually mount your root partition or not. If you need to mount it (so, if you are using KDE), the

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Kyle M Weller
ok, all u do is boot your live cd and open a terminal, wget http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.7-5ubuntu2_i386.deb then mount your ubuntu drive whichever that is, it may be here:/media/disk-1 or something or another, open a terminal and then dpkg -x libc6_2.7-5ubuntu2_

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread Anders Kvist
Someone said su worked, not here, not even bash can be started... one bricked workstation :) $ bash malloc: ../bash/subst.c:3472: assertion botched free: called with unallocated block argument Aborting...complete: usage: complete [-abcdefgjksuv] [-pr] [-o option] [-A action] [-G globpat] [-W wor

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread TheGZeus
Manually copying the contents of the older .deb files, as described in the forum thread, works perfectly. Flawless victory. -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-13 Thread jyio
yep, i just spent hours figuring this out. in the end, i just did a clean install, then fixed my /etc/apt/preferences to say: Package: libc6 Pin: version 2.7-5ubuntu2 Pin-Priority: 1001 And it's going to stay this way until libc6 is fixed :x -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program wi

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-12 Thread Enver ALTIN
If you don't have a root password, a solution that I used to downgrade the package which involves a reboot follows: - If you have upgraded, but didn't reboot yet, get the older version from your favorite mirror and save it to somewhere you know. An example link is http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ub

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-12 Thread Jeffrey Baker
I was able to recover my system without a reboot by installing the packages, still in the archive, of version 2.7-5ubuntu2. For whatever reason, su is able to run while sudo is not. Obviously this will only help you if you have a root password. -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-12 Thread Mario Limonciello
Oh noes. I'm hit by this too. I don't want to reboot... -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-12 Thread Steve Langasek
** Changed in: glibc (Ubuntu) Target: None => ubuntu-8.04-beta -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs m

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-12 Thread Vikrant
This was really scary. On a reboot I couldn't even get a shell in recovery mode. "malloc: unknown:0: assertion botched free: called with unallocated block argument last command: sudo mount Aborting... init: tty1 main process ended, respawning" Anyways, people have talked about solutions here. ht

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-12 Thread TheGZeus
any more details on the exact procedure of that workaround? That's hilarious, but I'm cowering. -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-12 Thread Kyle M Weller
i confirm this bug, had to boot into live cd and dpkg -x oldlibc /pathtomounted borked system to boot back up -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-12 Thread Jeffrey Baker
Confirmed. This is EXTREME bad juju. Nothing works. I, too, am afraid to shut down. This is libc6 2.7-9ubuntu1 on Hardy i386. The system went into the crapper during an apt-get update. The previous version of libc was 2.7-5ubuntu2. -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will sta

[Bug 201673] Re: Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start.

2008-03-12 Thread Travis Watkins
** Changed in: glibc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical Status: New => Confirmed -- Hardy: "invalid pointer: 0xb7ef4b70" no program will start. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed