[gentoo-user] thinkorswim stock trading platform

[gentoo-user] thinkorswim stock trading platform

[Mark Knecht]

Hi,
   I don't know if anyone else out there is a stock trader but I was
at a weekend options trading presentation by thinkorswim and (GASP)
the support Linux! (APPLAUSE!) For this reason alone I'd really like
to give them some money and start supporting them.

http://www.thinkorswim.com

   Anyway, I've downloaded their trading platform and tried installing
it but it seems I don't have exactly the correct libraries.

   Is there a way for me to try and fix up this machine so that it has
a better chance of running? I'm not sure how I determine what to
emerge to take care of the problems below.

   I'm pretty sure I'll need sun-java but I'll do that after I
undertand this library issue a bit better.

Thanks,
Mark

mark@dragonfly ~/Desktop $ sh ./thinkorswim_installer.bin
Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...
awk: error while loading shared libraries: libdl.so.2: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
dirname: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: error while loading shared libraries: librt.so.1: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
basename: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
dirname: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
basename: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
hostname: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory

Launching installer...

grep: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/jre/bin/java: error while loading shared
libraries: libpthread.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such
file or directory
mark@dragonfly ~/Desktop $
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Re: [gentoo-user] thinkorswim stock trading platform

[kashani]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> basename: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory
> hostname: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory

Binary installs sometimes err on the side of older libc.

emerge -s compat
*  sys-libs/lib-compat
	Latest version available: 1.4.1
	Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
	Size of files: 3,093 kB
	Homepage:      http://www.gentoo.org/
	Description:   Compatibility C++ and libc5 and libc6 libraries for 
programs new and old
	License:       GPL-2

You may need some other compat libs as well, but I'd see how far 
lib-compat gets you before going crazy with installing other packages.

Mark, you're in the Bay Area aren't you? Going to be a Linux World next 
week? I work about five blocks away and it would be cool to put some 
faces to names and get a beer or two.

kashani
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Re: [gentoo-user] thinkorswim stock trading platform

[Mark Knecht]

On 8/7/06, kashani <kashani-list@badapple.net> wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > basename: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open
> > shared object file: No such file or directory
> > hostname: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open
> > shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> Binary installs sometimes err on the side of older libc.
>
> emerge -s compat
> *  sys-libs/lib-compat
>         Latest version available: 1.4.1
>         Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
>         Size of files: 3,093 kB
>         Homepage:      http://www.gentoo.org/
>         Description:   Compatibility C++ and libc5 and libc6 libraries for
> programs new and old
>         License:       GPL-2
>
> You may need some other compat libs as well, but I'd see how far
> lib-compat gets you before going crazy with installing other packages.
>
> Mark, you're in the Bay Area aren't you? Going to be a Linux World next
> week? I work about five blocks away and it would be cool to put some
> faces to names and get a beer or two.
>
> kashani

Kashani,
   I had no plans for Linux World. Never been to one. That said it
sounds like fun. Let's try to work something up off list. I'm down in
Los Gatos. If other Gentoo users are nearby maybe they can drop one of
us a note off list and we can make it a small party. Sounds like fun.

   OK, I emerged lib-compat but it didn't change the results:

dragonfly ~ # eix -Ic lib-compat
[I] sys-libs/lib-compat (1.4.1): Compatibility C++ and libc5 and libc6
libraries for programs new and old

Found 1 matches
dragonfly ~ #

After running updatedb slocate finds the library:

dragonfly ~ # slocate libc.so
/lib/libc.so.6
/usr/lib/libc.so
/usr/lib/libc.so.5


mark@dragonfly ~/Desktop $ sh ./thinkorswim_installer.bin
Preparing to install...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...
awk: error while loading shared libraries: libdl.so.2: cannot open
shared object  file: No such file or directory
dirname: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open
shared obj ect file: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: error while loading shared libraries: librt.so.1: cannot open
shared ob ject file: No such file or directory
<SNIP>

Same sort of problem for libdl.so.2:

mark@dragonfly ~/Desktop $ slocate libdl.so
/lib/libdl.so.2
/usr/lib/libdl.so
mark@dragonfly ~/Desktop $

and again for librt.so.1:

mark@dragonfly ~/Desktop $ slocate librt.so
/lib/librt.so.1
/usr/lib/librt.so
mark@dragonfly ~/Desktop $

So is this some sort of path problem? The installer expects the
library to be in a certain location? Maybe a symlink from there to
/lib/libc.so.6?

Thanks for getting me closer, and I'll check out Linux World for dates
to see when I could make it.

Cheers,
Mark
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Re: [gentoo-user] thinkorswim stock trading platform

[kashani]

Mark Knecht wrote:

> Kashani,
>   I had no plans for Linux World. Never been to one. That said it
> sounds like fun. Let's try to work something up off list. I'm down in
> Los Gatos. If other Gentoo users are nearby maybe they can drop one of
> us a note off list and we can make it a small party. Sounds like fun.

Moscone center is roughly 4-5 blocks from the Cal Train depot in SF 
which might be faster if you catch the express and cost less than 
driving plus parking.

http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO06A

signup now else they'll nail you for $50 the day of the event. Worth it 
even if you don't end up making it. Generally it's fun to to go and 
hange for an afternoon, see Linus or whoever talk, and see what's going on.

hours and days

Monday, August 14, 2006		8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday, August 15, 2006	8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday, August 16, 2006	8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday, August 17, 2006	9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

kashani
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Re: [gentoo-user] thinkorswim stock trading platform

[kashani]

kashani wrote:
	and then forgot to change the To: address. Sorry about that.

kashani
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Re: [gentoo-user] thinkorswim stock trading platform

[kashani]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> So is this some sort of path problem? The installer expects the
> library to be in a certain location? Maybe a symlink from there to
> /lib/libc.so.6?
> 
> Thanks for getting me closer, and I'll check out Linux World for dates
> to see when I could make it.

I'd guess path issue as well. It might be worth it to manually run 
env-update and/or log out and back in, though those are both long shots. 
Assuming that doesn't work strace or lsof would be my next step in 
figuring out what it might be looking for.

kashani
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Re: [gentoo-user] thinkorswim stock trading platform

[Mark Knecht]

On 8/7/06, kashani <kashani-list@badapple.net> wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > So is this some sort of path problem? The installer expects the
> > library to be in a certain location? Maybe a symlink from there to
> > /lib/libc.so.6?
> >
> > Thanks for getting me closer, and I'll check out Linux World for dates
> > to see when I could make it.
>
> I'd guess path issue as well. It might be worth it to manually run
> env-update and/or log out and back in, though those are both long shots.
> Assuming that doesn't work strace or lsof would be my next step in
> figuring out what it might be looking for.
>
> kashani

Hi Kashani,
   I tried logging out and back in earlier. I've also tried it across
my network. No difference.

   strace gave me a bunch of this type of info:

<SEVERELY SNIPPED>

rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL}, {0x8087d99, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL}, {0x8078824, [], 0}, 8) = 0
execve("/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/jre/bin/java",
["/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/jre/"..., "-Djava.compiler=NONE",
"-Xmx50331648", "-Xms16777216", "com.zerog.lax.LAX",
"/tmp/install.dir.23656/temp.lax", "/tmp/env.properties.23656"], [/*
42 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="dragonfly", ...}) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x8059000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=104620, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 104620, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ed8000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/tls/i686/sse2/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
stat64("/lib/tls/i686/sse2", 0xbf84bd60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/i686/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
stat64("/lib/tls/i686", 0xbf84bd60)     = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/sse2/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
stat64("/lib/tls/sse2", 0xbf84bd60)     = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
or directory)
stat64("/lib/tls", 0xbf84bd60)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/i686/sse2/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
stat64("/lib/i686/sse2", 0xbf84bd60)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/i686/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
or directory)
stat64("/lib/i686", 0xbf84bd60)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/sse2/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
or directory)
stat64("/lib/sse2", 0xbf84bd60)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0004H\0\000"...,
512) = 512
close(3)

and then a bunch more like that.

   Maybe someone else will have some ideas when they get a chance to
look at all of this.

   I will call thinkorswim tomorrow and see what sort of support I can
get. Trading with a company that actually supports Linux would be the
best thing ever for me. Since they are looking for new customers this
is the best time for me to put some pressure on them.

   Thanks for your help.

Cheers,
Mark
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Re: [gentoo-user] thinkorswim stock trading platform

[Willie Wong]

On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 06:26:05PM -0700, Penguin Lover Mark Knecht squawked:
>   strace gave me a bunch of this type of info:

<SNIPPED>
 
> and then a bunch more like that.
> 
>   Maybe someone else will have some ideas when they get a chance to
> look at all of this.

The strace output you posted doesn't seem very useful. Have you tried
grepping the output for the offending libraries? Maybe that would give
some hint as to where the installer is looking. 

W
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Re: [gentoo-user] thinkorswim stock trading platform

[Mark Knecht]

On 8/7/06, Willie Wong <wwong@princeton.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 06:26:05PM -0700, Penguin Lover Mark Knecht squawked:
> >   strace gave me a bunch of this type of info:
>
> <SNIPPED>
>
> > and then a bunch more like that.
> >
> >   Maybe someone else will have some ideas when they get a chance to
> > look at all of this.
>
> The strace output you posted doesn't seem very useful. Have you tried
> grepping the output for the offending libraries? Maybe that would give
> some hint as to where the installer is looking.
>
> W

Hey Willie,
   OK, but grep doesn't say anything either since that's the only
line. For instance:

mark@dragonfly ~/Desktop $ cat TOS.txt | grep libc.so.6
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
mark@dragonfly ~/Desktop $ cat TOS.txt | grep libdl.so.2
open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY)       = 3
mark@dragonfly ~/Desktop $

Here's a bit of what's in the strace file right around the 2 file names:

mmap2(0xb7f95000, 32768, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x38) = 0xb7f95000
mmap2(0xb7f9d000, 1836, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f9d000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY)       = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\340\v\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=10484, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 12392, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3,
0) = 0xb7f59000
madvise(0xb7f59000, 12392, MADV_SEQUENTIAL|0x1) = 0
mmap2(0xb7f5b000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0xb7f5b000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3

Strange stuff to a person like me!

Thanks,
Mark
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\266O\1"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1190424, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1133788, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE,
3, 0) = 0xb7e44000
madvise(0xb7e44000, 1133788, MADV_SEQUENTIAL|0x1) = 0
mmap2(0xb7f53000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x10e) = 0xb7f53000
mmap2(0xb7f57000, 7388, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f57000
close(3)                                = 0
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Re: [gentoo-user] thinkorswim stock trading platform

[Willie Wong]

On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 09:21:00PM -0700, Penguin Lover Mark Knecht squawked:
>   OK, but grep doesn't say anything either since that's the only
> line. For instance:
> 
> mark@dragonfly ~/Desktop $ cat TOS.txt | grep libc.so.6
> open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
> mark@dragonfly ~/Desktop $ cat TOS.txt | grep libdl.so.2
> open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY)       = 3
> mark@dragonfly ~/Desktop $
> 

While I'm not an expert either, I think those lines at least mean
that the installer found your libraries. (open returned a file
handler, instead of -1.) So perhaps it is not the path that is causing
your troubles. 

Best, 

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