cannot execute binary file

Edvardsen Kåre kare.edvardsen@uit.no
Wed Nov 2 08:11:00 GMT 2011


Are there any debug options or logs to check when you get "cannot
execute binary file"?

Cheers,
Kåre

On ti., 2011-11-01 at 13:00 +0000, Edvardsen Kåre wrote:
> On ti., 2011-11-01 at 07:28 -0500, Eliot Moss wrote:
> > On 11/1/2011 5:24 AM, Edvardsen Kåre wrote:
> > > I've built from source (gfortran) an application that won't run (cannot
> > > execute binary file) and the "file" command prompts: PE32 executable
> > > (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows. (Yes, chmod 755 is set for the
> > > executable...)
> > 
> > Here's a wondering: Are the necessary dll's installed properly?
> > Maybe you would see this if the program cannot link its libraries
> > during startup ...
> > 
> > Regards -- Eliot Moss
> 
> I did "rebaseall" after installing a couple of necessary lib's.
> 
> All compiling (configure, make etc) goes like nothing's wrong (just a
> few harmless warnings known for ages for this software). The only real
> error displayed is the: cannot execute binary file.
> 
> I'll try to reinstall cygwin as admin to see if things change.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kåre
> 



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