On Fri, 02 May 2014 23:49:03 -0400 Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> wrote:
> On 02/05/14 10:25 PM, Tom Roche wrote: > > > > How is it possible that `ls` can list a file, but `bash` says "No > > such file"? [clip] > The problem you have may be related to the firebox-bin not being able > to find the files it needs. Bash may be finding the firefox-bin file > but not an essential library. I *suspect* that Gary's right, but before doing a lot of difficult work based on the various speculations enumerated in this thread, why not do a couple one minute diagnostic tests: 1) Run ./firefox-bin from directly inside the directory 2) Rename firefox-bin to firefox-bin.org, and create the following shellscript permissioned execute-all and named firefox-bin: =========================================================== #!/bin/bash echo ============= BEGIN $0 =================== progname=$0 let argno=0 let argc=$# echo Stdin content follows: perl -n -e 'print $_' echo echo Environment vars follow: env echo echo echo Args follow, there are $argc args: echo Arg0 is $0 while test $argno -lt $argc; do echo Arg$argno is \>$1\< let argno+=1 shift done #echo -n Type in return value: 0 to 99: #read rtrn let rtrn=1 echo ============= END $progname =================== exit $rtrn =========================================================== You might want to comment out the call to env because it produces a lot of output that isn't likely to be relevant in this particular case. If the preceding shellscript runs even though the original failed, that gives a lot of credence to what Gary (and a lot of others commenting on the thread) said. If it starts looking like what Gary says is what's going on, I think you could run the original firefox-bin in gdb and it might reveal a little more about what's going on, but do the two one-minute tests first to avoid the possibility of going on a wild goose chase. By the way, the preceding shellscript works wonders any time one thing is forking/spawning another and you need to see what's going on inside the fork/spawn. SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140503092819.4ba607b6@mydesk
