Segmentation fault with "./pgm" but not with "wine ./pgm"

[Uwe Bonnes]

>>>>> "Sundial" == Sundial Services International Inc <miker at sundialservices.com> writes:

    Sundial> After updating Linux (glibc) the following problem has
    Sundial> surfaced: [#1] If a Win32 executable is run from the shell with
    Sundial> "./pgmname" the program does not run but produces the message
    Sundial> "segmentation fault."  (If there is a traceback or log then I
    Sundial> don't know how to get it.)

    Sundial> [#2] However: if the program is run with "wine ./pgmname" the
    Sundial> program runs normally.

    Sundial> Perhaps the most basic problem I have here is that, in scenario
    Sundial> #1 when all I get is "segmentation fault," I don't know how to
    Sundial> get more info, a traceback or a log.

    Sundial> System is RHLinux 8.0, Wine 20030318, which ran just fine in
    Sundial> both scenarios until an update was applied which included
    Sundial> glibc.

    Sundial> Incidentally, I rebuilt Wine from source and even rebooted the
    Sundial> machine (sigh, thus ending 100-odd days of uptime) with no
    Sundial> effect on the prob.  Obviously if I knew how to see the real
    Sundial> failure-message I could probably shoot it.

It seems your kernel is setup ti automatically recognize PE executables. I
guess the kernel loader points to some old wine version. Clarify your setup.

Bye

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