From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QFJyc-0007cV-Rz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:41:22 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BE8EB1C006; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:40:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FF8B1C006 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:40:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2345F1B4085 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:40:01 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.426 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.426 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.173, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id GfLz0pXwSrwb for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:39:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.183]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F265C1BC017 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:39:53 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEAFv8uE1FxK51/2dsb2JhbAClfnilA54dhXYEknqGB4Qj X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.64,278,1301889600"; d="scan'208";a="111725758" Received: from 69-196-174-117.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.174.117]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with SMTP; 28 Apr 2011 01:39:52 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:40:01 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:40:01 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] Scripts not working... HELP! Message-ID: <20110428054001.GA3033@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 474de16dc2cad689c39306372b71214f This message is coming from my 32-bit "hot backup" gentoo machine. For some reason, any script that I call on my 64-bit machine immediately returns to the command prompt. No warnings or error messages or diagnostics. Builtins and compiled executables work OK. For instance, if I have a script named "xyz" that goes like so... #!/bin/bash man bash ..., executing "xyz" or "~/bin/xyz" results in bash immediately returning to to the command prompt. If I type "man bash", it works OK. On top of everything else, getmail seems to go into "forkbomb mode", generating a gazillion processes, and eventually locking up the machine, if I type in... /usr/bin/getmail -v -v -v --rcfile rc_cotse It looks like the script is being totally ignored, e.g... waltdnes@i3 ~ $ emerge anyone home? waltdnes@i3 ~ $ Any ideas what gives? -- Walter Dnes