Topic: error

[Mark]

anyone ever get an


"ls:  cannot load module libc.so.5"

I cannot view the contents of a directory, and any network connection is rediculously slow

[arkman]

Mark,
   Kind of strange, but I had the exact same thing happen to me on either sunday night or monday morning. This is a pretty important module so you won't be able to do much. This is how I fixed mine (sorry I don't have all the details at work right now):
1. Used Google to search for the libc.so.5 module. You will get a match with rpmfind.net (you could just go straight there if you like).
2. Find the rpm that contains the libc.so.5 module it is one of the ones for glibc. Get the correct version for the system you are running. It will be a redhat rpm and is probably for redhat 6.x for a 4.0/4.01 e-smith system. (Like I said above the exact file name is at home, but you should be able to find it.)
3. Get it onto your e-smith machine (difficult if your network is down) and use rpm to do an upgrade.

This worked for me, but I don't gurantee it. I have no idea if this is the best course of action or not, but I was desperate and took a chance that appears to have worked.

Did anything strange happen on your server to cause the libc.so.5 problem? Was it working before or was this a clean install?

Noah

[Bryan]

This is strange.  About mid-afternoon today while I was at work, my system at home did the same thing.  I haven't noticed anything odd in the logs, but I think I'll investigate a little more.  

Does anyone have the actual filename for the RPM or should I go off searching?

Bryanarkman wrote:
>
> Mark,
>    Kind of strange, but I had the exact same thing happen to me
> on either sunday night or monday morning. This is a pretty
> important module so you won't be able to do much. This is how
> I fixed mine (sorry I don't have all the details at work
> right now):
> 1. Used Google to search for the libc.so.5 module. You will
> get a match with rpmfind.net (you could just go straight
> there if you like).
> 2. Find the rpm that contains the libc.so.5 module it is one
> of the ones for glibc. Get the correct version for the system
> you are running. It will be a redhat rpm and is probably for
> redhat 6.x for a 4.0/4.01 e-smith system. (Like I said above
> the exact file name is at home, but you should be able to
> find it.)
> 3. Get it onto your e-smith machine (difficult if your
> network is down) and use rpm to do an upgrade.
>
> This worked for me, but I don't gurantee it. I have no idea
> if this is the best course of action or not, but I was
> desperate and took a chance that appears to have worked.
>
> Did anything strange happen on your server to cause the
> libc.so.5 problem? Was it working before or was this a clean
> install?
>
> Noah

[rick]

My system has now done this twice. The first time I was away from home on business travel.  When I  returned, my e-smith server was not running and, on re-boot, I began to see these messages.

I completely reloaded my e-smith server (from CD).  It ran for about 10 days then, on a re-boot, began with the messages again about not being able to find libc.so.5

I would REALLY like to find what is causing this -- and how to repair it.

Any thoughts out there?