Installation (monitor) segmentation fault

dsewell · Post by **dsewell** » Mon Nov 05, 2001 10:01 am

I've just downloaded Webinator 4, Linux 2.2 version. I can't get it to install because the installation crashes at the point in the script where it calls the "monitor" program. Running gdb on monitor produces:

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x400f4866 in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6

I'm runnnig a current Linux distribution (Debian 2.2r3) with libc6 version 2.1.3.

If I try running other binaries in installation bin directory, texis also produces the above error; the other binaries appear to be OK.

Let me know if I can provide more diagnostic info...

dsewell · Post by **dsewell** » Mon Nov 05, 2001 10:08 am

P.S. I should note that I've been running Webinator 2.5 on a Debian system with no problem.

Post by **mark** » Mon Nov 05, 2001 10:39 am

Debian, Redhat, Slackware, etc. versions don't mean much. What really counts is libc version, which you've provided, and kernel version. What's your kernel version?
uname -a
will tell you.

dsewell · Post by **dsewell** » Mon Nov 05, 2001 10:45 am

Sorry, should have supplied that:

2.2.19pre17

Post by **mark** » Mon Nov 05, 2001 12:40 pm

The libc version you're using is more common with 2.4 kernels (in our experience). Your particular combination of kernel and libc may work better with the Webinator version for Linux 2.4 kernels (it's more of a libc dependency than a kernel dependency).

dsewell · Post by **dsewell** » Mon Nov 05, 2001 1:04 pm

I just downloaded the 2.4 kernel version, but got the same crash. Maybe it's time to try upgrading my kernel.

Post by **mark** » Mon Nov 05, 2001 2:22 pm

Perhaps.

BTW, Is this system configured the same way (kernel and libc) as the other one you say is working with Webinator 2.5?

dsewell · Post by **dsewell** » Mon Nov 05, 2001 2:54 pm

No--the system running Webinator 2.5 has an older kernel (2.2.5). (I don't administer it any more and nobody has updated it in a while.)

cro · Post by **cro** » Sun Jan 27, 2002 2:35 am

Greetings,

I see the same problem on Debian sid, kernel 2.4.17, glibc 2.2.5. I just downloaded webinator this evening. Any suggestions?

Post by **mark** » Sun Jan 27, 2002 9:59 pm

Visit ftp://ftp.thunderstone.com/pub/linux/ to get libraries that may be missing from your linux distribution.

BTW, you didn't say which OS you selected during download.