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Just as of a few minutes ago, my browser no longer opens. It crashes before it opens now. So I'm using my second favorite, but anyone know what this means? I'm not sure if it will help, but...

 [New Thread 1024 (LWP 949)]

0x40d711d9 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
#0  0x40d711d9 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x40de0f2c in __check_rhosts_file () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0x4053e5a8 in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.3

#3  0x40ef90fe in pthread_sighandler (signo=6, ctx=

      {gs = 0, __gsh = 0, fs = 0, __fsh = 0, es = 43, __esh = 0, ds = 43, __dsh = 0, edi = 0, esi = 0, ebp = 3221215144, esp = 3221215116, ebx = 1094, edx = 1088294700, ecx = 6, eax = 0, trapno = 0, err = 0, eip = 1087266065, cs = 35, __csh = 0, eflags = 515, esp_at_signal = 3221215116, ss = 43, __ssh = 0, fpstate = 0xbfffd510, oldmask = 2147483648, cr2 = 0}) at signals.c:97

#4  0x40ce5b68 in killpg () from /lib/libc.so.6
#5  0x40ce7143 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6

If anyone can clarify this mystery...thanks.  :-\

Hm. Gets even better than that-I can no longer access my home files.

[New Thread 1024 (LWP 949)]

0x40d711d9 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
#0  0x40d711d9 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x40de0f2c in __check_rhosts_file () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0x4053e5a8 in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.3

#3  0x40ef90fe in pthread_sighandler (signo=6, ctx=

      {gs = 0, __gsh = 0, fs = 0, __fsh = 0, es = 43, __esh = 0, ds = 43, __dsh = 0, edi = 0, esi = 0, ebp = 3221215144, esp = 3221215116, ebx = 1094, edx = 1088294700, ecx = 6, eax = 0, trapno = 0, err = 0, eip = 1087266065, cs = 35, __csh = 0, eflags = 515, esp_at_signal = 3221215116, ss = 43, __ssh = 0, fpstate = 0xbfffd510, oldmask = 2147483648, cr2 = 0}) at signals.c:97

#4  0x40ce5b68 in killpg () from /lib/libc.so.6
#5  0x40ce7143 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6

Oklahoma Howdy to Whitehorse,


Are you using Linux as an operating system on your home computer? If I remember correctly, Saved_4ever is a Linux Guru. Let me just give you one guess and see if it helps. You should have some sort of utility to clean and delete all your cookies, interest history, and temporary Internet files. Try that, turn your machine completely off, wait at least two minutes, and turn it back on. This is just a wild guess until someone who really knows about Linux can help you.

In Christ,
Tom

And maybe someone knows how to reach 'linuxgeek'....  :-\

mmm, that's a good point, sincereheart.

Last one I know of here to keep in regular touch with linuxgeek was Psalm119.  He had a going website then.


bep's recommendation sounds good to me.  Maybe your browser is "overloaded", and clearing it like he suggests might help?

I can't even get it to open anymore  :'( And it's my favorite because it's faster than the others.

But I did get cookies cleared out, and I found the history now, so that's clean, but I still have to find the temp files.

My home directory crashes, too. ???

Oklahoma Howdy to Whitehorse,

If it crashes only while you are online the Internet, I would say it has something to do with an Internet temporary file somehow messing up the works. If it also crashes offline, there may be a virus or trojan loose on your system. If you don't have a good virus scanner, I'm almost certain that McAfee does a free online scan. If you try that, it might take longer than an hour, depending on how many files you have on your computer. McAffee also had a link for a pretty good freeware virus scanner you can download. If not, let me know and I'll try to find something for you.

In Christ,
Tom

Tom,

Thank you so much. You are a true blessing.

Oklahoma Howdy to Whitehorse,

You are most welcome. By the way, I looked at my fire-wall records, and it does not appear that Christians Unite suffered a denial of service attack. DOS is where a group of folks get together and each program their machine to make multiple requests on a server, hoping they can keep it busy enough to deny service to regular users. Denial of service attacks take away the speed and sometimes some of the services of the server, but they do not infect users computers with anything.

I'm still doing some checking to see what I can find out. I'll post it for everyone if I find anything at all.

In Christ,
Tom

Awesome! Thank you!

I'm still  trying to see if I can figure out how to get in touch with Linuxgeek, a former regular here...

Hi Symphony my ole' friend ;)

I have sent Linuxgeek a message today about this-- haven't heard from him yet... but he would be the man to know exactly how to fix it, that is for sure!!

Thank you, goinhome, my ole' friend!


   :)

Wow! Thanks, guys!  :D

I know what that means. It means format your hard drive and reinstall Linux. What distro are you usin' bro?

Hi, Tabre. Welcome to CU!
I'm using Mandrake 8.0  :-[ (Please nobody laugh...)

Another wierd thing. I downloaded a cleaner, which I can see physically on the desktop. I can see the icon. But everytime I try to run the command to install it, whether from user or root, if that matters, I keep getting the message, "file not found." A tech guy from the company that makes the cleaner couldn't figure out how to open it, either... ???

You'll want to make sure that that file has proper priveliges set up on it. Even root can't run it if it's not set to execute.
You can change this with the chmod command. Use the command "man chmod" for more help using this command. And hey man nobody should laugh at you for using Mandrake. They should know that you're good because you're using Linux and not Windows! Someday you'll move on to the more challenging distros like Debian and you'll love it but everyone has to start somewhere.

Thank you for your kind words and for your willingness to help-I really appreciate it.
Here's an interesting incident: after all that time on the phone with tech, trying to figure out why I couldn't find the path for the command to work, I recieved a message with this timely tip:

Double click the icon.  :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[

Well, to at least partially justify myself, I didn't have the icon in the beginning. So we did make progress there, and I did manage to install it using this, er, "new technique."

Then I went to the console as user, and ran the command to commence the scan. It's still running even as I type. When I run it under user it keeps saying access denied. Certain files it says it is unable to open, and some from the lib directory it says, "File read error during scan," and there's one in lib that says, "Illegal structures in scanned file. But this I did as user. So now I just started it under root, and it seems to be doing okay. :) So far.

How do I do what you were saying before, to do the reinstall? My whole introduction to computers besides cut/paste is here, with Linux. But I want to get good at it so I can learn more about the program you were telling me about. This is getting fun! (Now that the program is running...:) )

Ya it feels good when you accomplish something on a linux box. Feels like you're learning. The chmod usage would go something like this... (this might work for being able to run as a normal user) as root....


% chmod (filename) u+x

It's like saying to the computer (Change mode of (filename) for user(u) to executeable status (x). But if you type it like I put it above, it should work on that file.

Oh, I get it! That's neat! I'll try it.  :)

Well, I just finished the scan. It says no viruses were found, but it also couldn't open 20 files. *sigh*

I used the Norman, which is a command line scanner. I wonder if that is enough. Does that include trojan horses?  

No problem man. If you run into anything else, just let me know. I'll be glad to help out.

Thank you very muc for your help-I appreciate it.

There are very few viruses ever written for Linux but I would say it is probably enough to pick up a virus. You may want to check to see if there are updates for the antivirus software. Also, to answer the question about trojans....Most antivirus software detects viruses and worms and trojans but sometimes they can slip past.

Thank you for your kind advice.

Hm. I know for a fact there's spyware, but this scanner didn't catch it for some reason. An incorrect signature would indicate that? 20 files couldn't be opened. I'm going for doctor web next...