Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: fire-eyes <sgtphou@×××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] *** glibc detected *** malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x081fb2c1 ***
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:51:19
Message-Id: 437F1020.6000209@fire-eyes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] *** glibc detected *** malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x081fb2c1 *** by Michael Sullivan
1 Michael Sullivan wrote:
2 > On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 15:00 -0500, fire-eyes wrote:
3 >
4 >>Michael Sullivan wrote:
5 >>
6 >>>I don't really know who to ask about this error. I searched for an
7 >>>explanation on Google and it gave me a link to the Gentoo German forums,
8 >>>so I thought maybe someone here could help me with this.
9 >>>
10 >>>I wrote a Qt program. It compiles just fine, but when I try to run it I
11 >>>get this:
12 >>>
13 >>>michael@camille ~/projects/c++/myFantasy/main/src $ ./src
14 >>>*** glibc detected *** malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x081fb2c1
15 >>>***
16 >>>Aborted
17 >>>
18 >>>
19 >>>Being fairly inexperienced with C++ I have no idea what this means. Is
20 >>>this a problem with my program or with my system. Is there a way to fix
21 >>>it? Can anyone at least explain to me what it means?
22 >>
23 >>Are you running a grsecurity and or pax kernel?
24 >>
25 >>I get this kind of crap left and right with it... Sometimes. Very
26 >>unpredictable. Very annoying.
27 >>
28 >
29 >
30 > I don't know what "grsecurity" or "pax kernel" are. I use genkernel.
31 > Here's the output of my uname:
32 >
33 > michael@camille ~ $ uname -a
34 > Linux camille 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 #1 Thu Nov 17 07:30:09 CST 2005 i686
35 > Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
36 >
37 >
38 > Out of curiosity, how do you get around this error?
39 >
40
41 Well, you aren't running one then :) As for getting around, I haven't
42 figured out a way. It's very frustrating to note that I haven't been
43 able to ever find help about this. Makes one feel on your own...
44 --
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] *** glibc detected *** malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x081fb2c1 *** David Morgan <david.morgan@××××××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] *** glibc detected *** malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x081fb2c1 *** [SOLVED] Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>