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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:16:00 -0000
From: "Paul Pluzhnikov" <ppluzhnikov@google.com>
To: "Russell Shaw" <rjshaw@netspace.net.au>
Subject: Re: Cannot find new threads: generic error
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On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Russell Shaw <rjshaw@netspace.net.au> wrote:

>  [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
>  Error while reading shared library symbols:
>  Cannot find new threads: generic error
>
> I'm using kernel 2.6.24 on a recent debian/unstable libc6.
>
> Where does that error come from?

This is most often the result of either
A. mismatch between libc.so.6 and libthread_db.so.1, or
B. libpthread.so.0 being stripped.

What does 'nm /lib/libpthread.so.0 | grep _version' say?


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Paul Pluzhnikov