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Problem "cannot execute binary file"

Post by bria » Fri, 13 Mar 1998 04:00:00



I have noticed that I am getting this problem and the above error
message with a
number of binaries  (they used to work up to a few weeks ago).
The first problem I noticed was when I tried to play Sasteroids.
It gave the error
bash: /usr/games/sasteroids: cannot execute binary file
then a few days ago I tried to write a quick Basic routine
It gave the error
bash: /usr/bin/basic: cannot execute binary file

The only thing I have done is update the kernel to 2.0.33 and am having
some modprobe errors which I am trying to resolve with HOW-TO's and
readme's.

Could the problem be related to my misconfiguring the kernel?
Any help greatly appreciated/

_____________________________________________________________________
Brian,  London U.K.

 
 
 
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Problem "cannot execute binary file"

Post by Juergen Hein » Fri, 13 Mar 1998 04:00:00



>I have noticed that I am getting this problem and the above error
>message with a
>number of binaries  (they used to work up to a few weeks ago).
>The first problem I noticed was when I tried to play Sasteroids.
>It gave the error
>bash: /usr/games/sasteroids: cannot execute binary file

Try file <executable>, perhaps they're still a.out and you did
not configure a.out support / only as a module and it is not
loaded.

Bye, Juergen

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Problem "cannot execute binary file"

Post by Victor Wagn » Sat, 21 Mar 1998 04:00:00


: I have noticed that I am getting this problem and the above error
: message with a
: number of binaries  (they used to work up to a few weeks ago).

: The only thing I have done is update the kernel to 2.0.33 and am having
: some modprobe errors which I am trying to resolve with HOW-TO's and
: readme's.

Have you turned a.out support off?
Try file on offending binaries and compare with rest of binares which
are working properly.

Or, if you have sources just recompile them
: Could the problem be related to my misconfiguring the kernel?
: Any help greatly appreciated/

: _____________________________________________________________________
: Brian,  London U.K.

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1. Help! "cannot execute binary file" URGENT

When we were on RedHat Linux 1.something, we moved some executables
from our SCO OpenServer system to our Linux system and they ran just
fine.

Now we are on Caldera 2.0.25.  I have moved one of the same
executables over (from SCO to Linux) and when I try to execute it on
the Linux system, I receive the message "bash: (program name): cannot
execute binary file".

There have probably been many other changes to the system, but the
reload & update of Linux is certainly the main one.  We installed both
ELF and a.out support.

It isn't anything REALLY obvious like permissions.  But I am a bit of
a newbie, so don't ignore the possibility of really stupid mistakes.

I realize that moving binaries between systems is a bit of a gamble,
and that ideally one should compile on the target system.  I am not
sure we can pull it off, but I will start working on this while I wait
for some advice.

Thanks for any help.  Please post here instead of via private email,
because it takes several hours for email to reach me.

-Lee

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