Bad system call (core dumped) /usr/share/man/man1
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I am running on Ubuntu 18.04.1 release 4.15.0-38-generic.
I know this or a similar question was asked a few months ago and there seemed to be a fix or a workaround in progress.
dpkg --list man-db
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
iF man-db 2.8.3-2ubunt amd64 on-line manual pager
Every time I run Software Updater or try to install a new package it takes forever, and the reason seems to be lots of core dumps. Here is a small sample:
>
usr/bin/mandb: zcat: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pbmtomda.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE -q: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pamfile.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pamfile.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE -q: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pnmtorast.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pnmtorast.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE -q: Bad system call (core dumped)
I believe AppArmor was identified as a possible culprit by someone at Astrill but I am not using any package called Astrill VPN. I have Expressvpn, the Ubuntu network managers, pptp-linux and openvpn.
I have tried reinstalling man-db and apparmor but nothing changes.
software-center apparmor
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Mercedes99
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I am running on Ubuntu 18.04.1 release 4.15.0-38-generic.
I know this or a similar question was asked a few months ago and there seemed to be a fix or a workaround in progress.
dpkg --list man-db
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
iF man-db 2.8.3-2ubunt amd64 on-line manual pager
Every time I run Software Updater or try to install a new package it takes forever, and the reason seems to be lots of core dumps. Here is a small sample:
>
usr/bin/mandb: zcat: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pbmtomda.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE -q: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pamfile.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pamfile.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE -q: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pnmtorast.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pnmtorast.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE -q: Bad system call (core dumped)
I believe AppArmor was identified as a possible culprit by someone at Astrill but I am not using any package called Astrill VPN. I have Expressvpn, the Ubuntu network managers, pptp-linux and openvpn.
I have tried reinstalling man-db and apparmor but nothing changes.
software-center apparmor
asked 12 hours ago
Mercedes99
4115
Do you get the same results just runningzcat? I assume so, but we should be sure. Might simplify things if you can just see the single failure and reproduce with a single command. Example:echo "This is a test" | gzip | zcat
– jdv
11 hours ago
No. Why did you 'assume so'? The result just returned "This is a test", as expected.
– Mercedes99
10 hours ago
Because the output you show specifically complains aboutzcatover and over. Given you report that various parts ofman-dbare not at fault, testing your assertions are just a good idea.
– jdv
8 hours ago
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I am running on Ubuntu 18.04.1 release 4.15.0-38-generic.
I know this or a similar question was asked a few months ago and there seemed to be a fix or a workaround in progress.
dpkg --list man-db
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
iF man-db 2.8.3-2ubunt amd64 on-line manual pager
Every time I run Software Updater or try to install a new package it takes forever, and the reason seems to be lots of core dumps. Here is a small sample:
>
usr/bin/mandb: zcat: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pbmtomda.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE -q: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pamfile.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pamfile.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE -q: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pnmtorast.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pnmtorast.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE -q: Bad system call (core dumped)
I believe AppArmor was identified as a possible culprit by someone at Astrill but I am not using any package called Astrill VPN. I have Expressvpn, the Ubuntu network managers, pptp-linux and openvpn.
I have tried reinstalling man-db and apparmor but nothing changes.
software-center apparmor
asked 12 hours ago
Mercedes99
4115
I am running on Ubuntu 18.04.1 release 4.15.0-38-generic.
I know this or a similar question was asked a few months ago and there seemed to be a fix or a workaround in progress.
dpkg --list man-db
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
iF man-db 2.8.3-2ubunt amd64 on-line manual pager
Every time I run Software Updater or try to install a new package it takes forever, and the reason seems to be lots of core dumps. Here is a small sample:
>
usr/bin/mandb: zcat: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pbmtomda.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE -q: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pamfile.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pamfile.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE -q: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pnmtorast.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/pnmtorast.1.gz: Bad system call (core dumped)
/usr/bin/mandb: /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE -q: Bad system call (core dumped)
I believe AppArmor was identified as a possible culprit by someone at Astrill but I am not using any package called Astrill VPN. I have Expressvpn, the Ubuntu network managers, pptp-linux and openvpn.
I have tried reinstalling man-db and apparmor but nothing changes.
software-center apparmor
software-center apparmor
asked 12 hours ago
Mercedes99
4115
asked 12 hours ago
Mercedes99
4115
asked 12 hours ago
Mercedes99
4115
asked 12 hours ago
Mercedes99
4115
asked 12 hours ago
Mercedes99
4115
4115
Do you get the same results just runningzcat? I assume so, but we should be sure. Might simplify things if you can just see the single failure and reproduce with a single command. Example:echo "This is a test" | gzip | zcat
– jdv
11 hours ago
No. Why did you 'assume so'? The result just returned "This is a test", as expected.
– Mercedes99
10 hours ago
Because the output you show specifically complains aboutzcatover and over. Given you report that various parts ofman-dbare not at fault, testing your assertions are just a good idea.
– jdv
8 hours ago
add a comment |
Do you get the same results just runningzcat? I assume so, but we should be sure. Might simplify things if you can just see the single failure and reproduce with a single command. Example:echo "This is a test" | gzip | zcat
– jdv
11 hours ago
No. Why did you 'assume so'? The result just returned "This is a test", as expected.
– Mercedes99
10 hours ago
Because the output you show specifically complains aboutzcatover and over. Given you report that various parts ofman-dbare not at fault, testing your assertions are just a good idea.
– jdv
8 hours ago
Do you get the same results just running
zcat? I assume so, but we should be sure. Might simplify things if you can just see the single failure and reproduce with a single command. Example: echo "This is a test" | gzip | zcat– jdv
11 hours ago
Do you get the same results just running
zcat? I assume so, but we should be sure. Might simplify things if you can just see the single failure and reproduce with a single command. Example: echo "This is a test" | gzip | zcat– jdv
11 hours ago
No. Why did you 'assume so'? The result just returned "This is a test", as expected.
– Mercedes99
10 hours ago
No. Why did you 'assume so'? The result just returned "This is a test", as expected.
– Mercedes99
10 hours ago
Because the output you show specifically complains about
zcat over and over. Given you report that various parts of man-db are not at fault, testing your assertions are just a good idea.– jdv
8 hours ago
Because the output you show specifically complains about
zcat over and over. Given you report that various parts of man-db are not at fault, testing your assertions are just a good idea.– jdv
8 hours ago
add a comment |
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Do you get the same results just running
zcat? I assume so, but we should be sure. Might simplify things if you can just see the single failure and reproduce with a single command. Example:echo "This is a test" | gzip | zcat– jdv
11 hours ago
No. Why did you 'assume so'? The result just returned "This is a test", as expected.
– Mercedes99
10 hours ago
Because the output you show specifically complains about
zcatover and over. Given you report that various parts ofman-dbare not at fault, testing your assertions are just a good idea.– jdv
8 hours ago