Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 108974
Update of coreutils freezes my PC
Last modified: 2015-01-04 17:03:48 EST
Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1.rpm -Fvh coreutils-4.5.3.19.0.2.i386.rpm 2. 3. Actual results: system freezes Expected results: update of coreutils Additional info: Same behaviour if I try to update by RHN. System freezes, hard re-boot, fsck /dev/hda1, but no way of updating coreutils.Rebuilt also rpm data base, but no use
What happens when you try this?: rpm2cpio coreutils-4.5.3-19.0.2.i386.rpm | cpio -t You should get a list of files in the package.
I do not have the PC now, I will try in 3 hours time. an additional information is If I run rpm -va coreutils on old coreutils 4.5.3-19 I get : > S.5....T /bin/basename > S.5....T /bin/cat > S.5....T /bin/chgrp > S.5....T /bin/chmod > S.5....T /bin/chown > S.5....T /bin/cp > S.5....T /bin/cut > S.5....T /bin/date > S.5....T /bin/dd > S.5....T /bin/df > S.5....T /bin/echo > S.5....T /bin/env > S.5....T /bin/false > S.5....T /bin/link > ..5....T /bin/ln > S.5....T /bin/ls > S.5....T /bin/mkdir > ..5....T /bin/mknod > S.5....T /bin/mv > ..5....T /bin/nice > S.5....T /bin/pwd > S.5....T /bin/rm > S.5....T /bin/rmdir > S.5....T /bin/sleep > S.5....T /bin/sort > S.5....T /bin/stty > S.5....T /bin/su > S.5....T /bin/sync > S.5....T /bin/touch > S.5....T /bin/true > S.5....T /bin/uname > S.5....T /bin/unlink > .......T c /etc/DIR_COLORS > .......T c /etc/DIR_COLORS.xterm > .......T c /etc/pam.d/su > .......T c /etc/profile.d/colorls.csh > .......T c /etc/profile.d/colorls.sh I rebuilt RPM database, and afterwards I disinstalled and re-installed a packega in order to see if RPM package was the problem. This is what a I did, I apologize but quite a newbie..
Created attachment 95704 [details] Output of command rpm2cpio Output of command rpm2cpio coreutils-4.5.3-19.0.2.i386.rpm | cpio -t
That seems fine, so it must be the unpacking onto disk that causes a problem. Does 'dmesg' say anything in the last few lines of output that look like they might be errors? I would also like to see what happens when you do this, on a text console as root: dmesg -n 8 rpm -Fvh coreutils-4.5.3.19.0.2.i386.rpm (to see what kernel messages are displayed at the point it freezes)
the output was: Preparing 100% 1: coreutils segmentation fault 17% I had to write by pen as system froze. For your info my system is fully updated apart from coreutils :-(
Had you switched to a text console (with Ctrl-Alt-F1), or was that in a gnome-terminal window? It sounds like it might be a kernel oops.
a gnome-terminal window. In any case, if I use RHN I cannot choose anything, I see RHN trying to install and then everything after a while (10 seconds) freezes. I will carry out also this test.Tnx
I did in a text console and I got a huge number of messages. I treid to save with dmesg > rpm.messages -n 8 but system froze and after re-start and repair file was empty (0 bytes) Any suggestion??? Tnx
Serial console or parallel console. If you have a serial port and another machine, 'console=ttyS0' (for example). Or a parallel-port ASCII-capable printer? 'console=lp0'
See /usr/src/linux-*/Documentation/serial-console.txt for how to capture kernel messages.
I have no /usr/src/linux-*/Documentation/serial-console.txt on my Pc. where shall I look??? Tnx
It comes from the kernel-source package.
Just as a trial I booted my Pc with a different Kernel, but same problem. I am struggling at getting messages recorded... Tnx
I had a look at serial-console.txt As a newbie, I can understand that I have to recompile my kernel to add the option of console. In any case by console=lp0 I would get a printed output, not a file to be sent on the Internet. Any other suggestion?? May I install coreutils from rawhide??
You don't have to recompile the kernel. If you had printed output, at least you would be able to type it in here. This is a kernel bug, and we need to see those messages to know what's up.
O.K. Please can you help to set up the required option to use printer as output?? I do not trust on my personal expertise. I will type output, if I will succeed. Tnx
Just boot with 'console=lp0' on the kernel command line. So if you use grub press 'e' to edit the boot selection, 'e' again on the kernel line, and just add: console=lp0 For lilo just use 'linux console=lp0'. Then type the commands from the previous comment, starting with 'dmesg -n 8'.
Created attachment 95730 [details] Output of printer I get 17% segmentation fault on screen and printed output as per attached file. I remember different messages on screen yesterday. Tnx
Looks like kernel problems as suspected. Certainly not a coreutils issue though.
How shall I check this kind of problems?? My kernel is a standard kernel (latest available for Redhat 9 from RHN).Same problem witha previous release that is still available on my PC. Tnx.
Looks like you hit filesystem corruption whilst unpacking the RPM. Can you do a full fsck of your system, and then try installing that rpm again? It would be interesting to see if you have any other interesting ext3 related messages in /var/log/messages too.
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