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#1 2008-06-12 19:14:42

Shadowmeph
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I am not sure what this error means "Failed to execute child process"

does this error have something to do with permissions? if so how do I fix it ?  it actually says Failed to execute child process no such directory even though there is a directory

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#2 2008-06-12 19:45:13

sniffles
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Re: I am not sure what this error means "Failed to execute child process"

And when exactly does this error appear? I'm sure it's completely unimportant, but still.

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#3 2008-06-12 19:58:08

Shadowmeph
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Re: I am not sure what this error means "Failed to execute child process"

it has happened a few times with different things but today it is Failed to execute child process "/opt/enemy-territory/etded.x86" (No such file or directory).
Failed to execute child process "/opt/enemy-territory/et.x86" (No such file or directory).

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#4 2008-06-12 20:50:36

sniffles
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Re: I am not sure what this error means "Failed to execute child process"

Well call me crazy but I think it's trying to execute something which does not exist. I'm also going to take a wild guess here and say that this happens when you try to run enemy territory? Am I correct? How did you install the program?

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#5 2008-06-12 23:07:51

moljac024
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Re: I am not sure what this error means "Failed to execute child process"

Failed to execute child process /usr/sniffles/being.right

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#6 2008-06-12 23:09:12

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Re: I am not sure what this error means "Failed to execute child process"

Are you trying to run an i686 binary on x86_64?

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#7 2008-06-12 23:13:05

moljac024
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Re: I am not sure what this error means "Failed to execute child process"

Allan wrote:

Are you trying to run an i686 binary on x86_64?

Was about to ask the same thing!

So, are you ?

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#8 2008-06-13 07:56:30

sniffles
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Re: I am not sure what this error means "Failed to execute child process"

Yeah, are you!?

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#9 2008-06-13 10:01:58

jacko
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Re: I am not sure what this error means "Failed to execute child process"

Allan wrote:

Are you trying to run an i686 binary on x86_64?

That is a completely different error... if irc. Something to do with wrong ELF class.

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#10 2008-06-13 13:34:27

mrbug
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Re: I am not sure what this error means "Failed to execute child process"

Yeah, it says something about wrong ELF class or something like that when you try to run a program that has been compiled for the wrong architecture.

My guess is that something is owned by root and possibly in the wrong mode

Try this:
login as root (or prepend "sudo" to the following command)
chown -r yourusername /opt/enemy-territory
chmod +x /opt/enemy-territory/etded.x86


That will make your user own the entire ET directory and ensure that the etded.x86 file is executable.


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#11 2008-06-13 14:02:02

sniffles
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Re: I am not sure what this error means "Failed to execute child process"

Anyway, call me crazy but I'm sticking to the whole "that file doesn't actually exist" idea. It'd be quite funny to know that "no such file or directory" actually means something else.

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#12 2008-06-13 16:21:24

carlocci
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Re: I am not sure what this error means "Failed to execute child process"

if perms are right:

cd /opt/enemy-territory/
./et.x86

maybe

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