I use a program called miro a lot, but since upgrading to gcc-4.3.3, it segfaults if I don't issue:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/pax/softmode In dmesg I get: grsec: signal 11 sent to /usr/bin/miro.real[miro.real:19177] uid/euid:1000/1000 gid/egid:100/100, parent /usr/bin/miro[miro:19176] uid/euid:1000/1000 gid/egid:100/100 and since miro.real is a python script: # paxctl -m /usr/bin/miro.real file /usr/bin/miro.real is not a valid ELF executable Can I run miro without keeping PAX in softmode? - Grant