Re: [PLUG] Weird APT error message

[Stephen Gran <steve@lobefin.net>]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 04:30:36PM -0500, Mike Leone said:
> It's gotten worse ... I was able to do an apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade.
> It complained that it couldn't access /usr/share/terminfo/a/ansis because of
> permissions (mind you, I was root). I can't ls that file; I do indeeed get
> "Permission denied".
> 
> And during package install, it runs ldconfig. And I got similar couldn't
> access messgaes on some libraries  (libkscorreapplet, I think, and
> libdns-hessiod) ... and then the system rebooted.
> 
> Shades of MS Windows! :-(
> 
> runnig ldconfig after rebooting produced another reboot.
> 
> KDE won't run, presumably because of the permission problem on some of those
> libraries. GNOME will, but gnome-terminal won't. 
> 
> <SIGH>
> 
> So what should I do now? I presume I need to change the perms on those
> files, but everytime I run ldconfig, it reboots. I have a rescue CD
> somewhere, and might be able to mount that partition, and change the owner
> to roor:root (I think).
> 
> Suggestions?

memtest & co.  I'm thinking faulty hardware at this point.  ldconfig should
not be randomly rebooting your box.  Also, is there a possibility you've
been rooted?  'permission denied' as root is a bad sign, and can mean
either a rooted box, or a corrupted filesystem.  I'm kind of banking on
bad hardware, though.

Good luck,
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