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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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
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 aboutzcat
over and over. Given you report that various parts ofman-db
are 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
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
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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 aboutzcat
over and over. Given you report that various parts ofman-db
are 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 aboutzcat
over and over. Given you report that various parts ofman-db
are 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
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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
zcat
over and over. Given you report that various parts ofman-db
are not at fault, testing your assertions are just a good idea.– jdv
8 hours ago