Execuable files not running...

ve1drg · 2020-10-19 01:26:45

I am operating ASCII software of Devuan.
And I am getting this error:

cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

when I try to execute a file I need to run,.

I cant find a fix?

Any help?

xinomilo · 2020-10-19 08:49:34

more info perhaps... (?) what file? ascii 64/32 ?

ve1drg · 2020-10-19 13:03:07

asc11 64. And its any file I make up and make bootable. It wont work.
I get this error.

What a life, eh? Must be a fix out there somewhere.

xinomilo · 2020-10-19 13:22:16

still not helping to find a fix.
post here the output of :
uname -a
file /path/to/executable_file

and how you try to run it ...

fsmithred · 2020-10-19 15:08:33

ve1drg wrote:

asc11 64. And its any file I make up and make bootable.

Make bootable? Or did you mean "make executable"?

Are you trying to boot a 64-bit OS on a 32-bit system?

PedroReina · 2020-10-19 16:23:46

ve1drg wrote:

What a life, eh? Must be a fix out there somewhere.

Quite sure Keep sending us information.

ve1drg · 2020-10-19 18:45:54

xinomilo wrote:

still not helping to find a fix.
post here the output of :
uname -a
file /path/to/executable_file
and how you try to run it ...

Here is what uname -a shows:

Linux ve1drg 4.9.0-13-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.228-1 (2020-07-05) x86_64 GNU/Linux

And the file is any file I decide to make up and execute... or boot as I said. No file will run or execute. I get that error with any file that I set up and give it a chmod value of 755. Chown is ve1drg.ve1drg

Hope this helps..

Head_on_a_Stick · 2020-10-19 19:31:53

ve1drg wrote:

And the file is any file I decide to make up and execute... or boot as I said. No file will run or execute.

^ This is far too vague. Please give us a concrete example and include the entire contents of the file along with the exact method(s) you used to "run or execute" it. Also provide the output of the requested file command when run on your example executable.

ve1drg · 2020-10-19 23:10:25

OK. Here is the file I would like to execute. Or run. Or whatever..

It is the file called linbpq found in the g8bpq directory. I can't post it here because I dont know how to attach it to this message. Must be a way. But cant figure it out.

It is an executable file and is normally run using ./linbpq.

Of course when that file runs it brings up a G8BPQ BBS.

I even tried using 'source linbpq' and that gave me the same error.
The file will not run.

But a few days ago it ran just fine. I had that program on another distribution (Jessie) and it worked there.
Maybe Ascii is just too tough for this little file, eh?

ve1drg · 2020-10-19 23:17:18

Just further to the above....here is what I see when I run this file. It is a binary file.
bash: source: linbpq: cannot execute binary file
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3487264 Oct 9 10:58 linbpq

Head_on_a_Stick · 2020-10-20 05:35:21

It is rather frustrating that we have to ask this three times but can we please see the output of

file linbpq

And also explain from where you obtained this mysterious binary file.

EDIT: the output of this command would also be useful:

ldd linbpq

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2020-10-20 05:36:25)

ComputerBob · 2020-10-20 11:38:49

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3487264 Oct  9 10:58 linbpq

Please forgive me if I'm asking a stupid question (it wouldn't be the first time), but does that line mean that the file is owned/must be run by root?

sgage · 2020-10-20 12:03:03

ComputerBob wrote:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3487264 Oct  9 10:58 linbpq
Please forgive me if I'm asking a stupid question (it wouldn't be the first time), but does that line mean that the file is owned/must be run by root?

Nope, the 'x' at the end means that 'others' have execution privileges. rwxr-xr-x means owner has full privileges, group has read/execute, and other has read/execute.

xinomilo · 2020-10-20 12:40:50

if the below is what you're trying to run, its 32bit only.. so install a ascii i386 (could also do that in a vm) and retry.. it won't run on x86_64.
https://www.cantab.net/users/john.wisem … INBPQ.html

bbatten · 2020-10-20 17:31:09

@ve1drg: Do you understand what you're being asked to do?

Enter "file linbpq" at the command line prompt and post output here.

ve1drg · 2020-10-20 17:32:49

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

It is rather frustrating that we have to ask this three times but can we please see the output of
file linbpq
And also explain from where you obtained this mysterious binary file.
EDIT: the output of this command would also be useful:
ldd linbpq

root@ve1drg:/BPQbbs/ve3bwm# ldd linbpq
not a dynamic executable

??? what does that mean? Other than, is this why the program is not executable..

ve1drg · 2020-10-20 17:34:50

bbatten wrote:

@ve1drg: Do you understand what you're being asked to do?
Enter "file linbpq" at the command line prompt and post output here.

root@ve1drg:/BPQbbs/ve3bwm# file linbpq
linbpq: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=4634defa908c142e8292a701a0babd769a381cea, not stripped

Does this say that this is a 32 bit file?
I just downloaded it. Saying this was a 64bit file??

How.. how can I run a 32 bit file in a 64 bit machine?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2020-10-20 17:54:53

Finally! That was like getting blood out of a stone

ve1drg wrote:

Does this say that this is a 32 bit file?

Yes.

ve1drg wrote:

how can I run a 32 bit file in a 64 bit machine?

Use a VM or multiarch but for the latter you will need to know which 32-bit libraries are needed to run the executable so see https://superuser.com/questions/908377/ … ont-report for a way to get ldd working so you can find those.

ve1drg · 2020-10-20 18:03:54

I tried that line:

RTLDLIST="/lib/ld-linux.so.2 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /libx32/ld-linux-x32.so.2"

and with the 32 bit change:

RTLDLIST="/lib32/ld-linux.so.2 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /libx32/ld-linux-x32.so.2"

No change.

Those / that file will still not run,

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Head_on_a_Stick · 2020-10-20 18:19:45

So did you enable multiarch and install the 32-bit version of the libc-bin package? Those lines won't work if the files it references are not present in your system.

ComputerBob · 2020-10-20 21:20:27

sgage wrote:

ComputerBob wrote:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3487264 Oct  9 10:58 linbpq
Please forgive me if I'm asking a stupid question (it wouldn't be the first time), but does that line mean that the file is owned/must be run by root?
Nope, the 'x' at the end means that 'others' have execution privileges. rwxr-xr-x means owner has full privileges, group has read/execute, and other has read/execute.

Thank you! That makes sense!

ve1drg · 2020-10-21 12:32:41

bbatten wrote:

@ve1drg: Do you understand what you're being asked to do?
Enter "file linbpq" at the command line prompt and post output here.

linbpq: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=0d6a50412cd7cfe0f477184bfb233016e360f5e4, not stripped

bbatten · 2020-10-21 19:19:41

Good. Now what is the output of "uname -m"? On my machine:

[6] bryan: uname -m
x86_64
[7] bryan:

If it turns out you have a 64 bit machine like mine, then I think you need to either get a 64 bit version of your file or install a multiarch capability - i.e the files and libraries needed to support 32 bit code on a 64 bit machine.

Good luck

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