running emerge package_name doesnt install the package. it just checks the md5 of the files and stops after that. the md5sums are all good. here's the output: emerge tvtime Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) media-tv/tvtime-0.99 to / >>> md5 files ;-) tvtime-0.9.10-r1.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) tvtime-0.9.15.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) tvtime-0.9.12.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) tvtime-0.99.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-tvtime-0.9.10-r1 >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-tvtime-0.9.12 >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-tvtime-0.9.15 >>> md5 files ;-) files/tvtime-0.9.10-make.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-tvtime-0.99 >>> md5 files ;-) files/tvtime-pic.patch >>> md5 src_uri ;-) tvtime-0.99.tar.gz i get these messages from /var/log/message Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost <0>invalid operand: 0000 [28] PREEMPT Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost CPU 0 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost Modules linked in: tvaudio video_buf firmware_class i2c_algo_bit btcx_risc tveeprom nvidia vmnet vmmon sr_mod w83627hf eeprom i2c_sensor i2c_isa i2c_viapro ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat ip_conntrack_irc ip_conntrack_ftp ipt_state ipt_limit ipt_LOG ip_conntrack iptable_filter ip_tables snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_via82xx snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_cmipci snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_opl3_lib snd_hwdep gameport snd_mpu401_uart snd_rawmidi rtc sk98lin Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost Pid: 20270, comm: ebuild.sh Tainted: P 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff80280c29>] <ffffffff80280c29>{write_null+9} Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost RSP: 0018:ffff81002347bf10 EFLAGS: 00010282 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost RAX: ffffffff80280c20 RBX: 0000000000000059 RCX: ffff81002347bf50 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost RDX: 0000000000000059 RSI: 00002aaaaaac2000 RDI: ffff810020f45d80 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000059 R09: ffff810020f45d80 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost R10: 00002aaaaadd0200 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: ffff810020f45d80 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost R13: 00002aaaaaac2000 R14: ffff81002347bf50 R15: 00000000005ccb78 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost FS: 00002aaaab0086d0(0000) GS:ffffffff80610b00(0000) knlGS:00000000556c36b0 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost CR2: 00002aaaaaac2000 CR3: 000000003264d000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost Process ebuild.sh (pid: 20270, threadinfo ffff81002347a000, task ffff810037e91480) Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost Stack: ffffffff80174ae9 ffff810020f45d80 0000000000000059 00002aaaaaac2000 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost fffffffffffffff7 0000000000000001 ffffffff80174c73 0000000000000000 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost Call Trace:<ffffffff80174ae9>{vfs_write+233} <ffffffff80174c73>{sys_write+83} Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost <ffffffff8010e3e6>{system_call+126} Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost Code: d4 d9 00 ef bc c7 00 e5 a3 a7 00 ff b7 b6 00 97 53 4b 00 87 Jul 17 23:15:12 localhost RIP <ffffffff80280c29>{write_null+9} RSP <ffff81002347bf10> what seems to be the problem? before this, i ran emerge -uv --deep system, etc-update and rebooted after some hours. i also get the same error message on /var/log/message when unmerging a package. emerge -C csh app-shells/csh selected: 1.29-r3 protected: none omitted: none >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. >>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting... >>> (Control-C to abort)... >>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1 >>> Unmerging app-shells/csh-1.29-r3... No package files given... Grabbing a set. --- !found obj /usr/share/man/man1/csh.1.gz --- !found obj /usr/share/doc/csh-1.29-r3/dot.login.gz --- !found obj /usr/share/doc/csh-1.29-r3/dot.cshrc.gz --- !found dir /usr/share/doc/csh-1.29-r3 --- cfgpro obj /etc/csh.logout --- cfgpro obj /etc/csh.login --- cfgpro obj /etc/csh.cshrc --- !mtime obj /bin/csh --- !empty dir /usr/share/man/man1 --- !empty dir /usr/share/man --- !empty dir /usr/share/doc --- !empty dir /usr/share --- !empty dir /usr --- !empty dir /etc --- !empty dir /bin !!! FAILED postrm: 2816 (same message from /var/log/message) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge "package" 2.or emerge -C "package" 3. Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1, 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.11 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/home/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.netnitco.net" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X alsa arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzlib cdparanoia cdr crypt cups curl directfb dvd dvdr dvdread encode esd fam ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java javadoc jikes jpeg kde kdeenablefinal ldap libwww lm_sensors lzw lzw-tiff mad matroska mikmod mp3 mpeg msn mysql ncurses nls nptl ogg oggvorbis openal opengl pam pdflib perl png postgres python qt quicktime readline samba sasl sdl spell ssl svg tcpd theora tiff truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales v4l vcd videos vorbis xerces xine xinerama xml xml2 xmlrpc xmms xpm xv xvid yahoo zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
This is likely a sandbox failure.
got the problem fixed. rebooted my pc and run fsck.ext3 /dev/hda2. that solved the problem. :)
