by Dear Linux hackers & gurus,
my Slackware Linux 3.0 (kernel 1.2.13) is close do death. After a year
of faithful service, the other day I got this message right after login:
-bash: can't open cache '/etc/ld.so.cache'
bash: /etc/profile: Permission denied
grep: can't open cache '/etc/ld.so.cache'
Now I can only login as root, and I still get occasional error messages
of this kind. I posted a message seeking for help and I obtained some
from some kind guys. To try and fix this problem I've tried the
following:
- I ran ldconfig
- I copied /etc/ld.so.cache off my rescue disks
- I reinstalled the ldso package off my Slackware cd-rom
None of these attempts worked. Now, I'm going to get rid of Slackware
anyway because this is only the latest in a long series of bugs and
glitches, but in order to better understand the inner working of Linux
I'd like to know:
- what caused this error? (my disk is apparently in perfect condition)
- why isn't root affected but partially?
- what is the standard way to fix such a situation?
IMO this is very serious, for I wouldn't think of installing Slackware
again on the university PCs if I were to expect such instability. I'm
going to switch to Debian or Red Hat.
Any ideas/suggestions/similar experiences?
Thank you in advance.
Guido =8-(
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