Re: elf_load_section problem

On 19 Feb 2017, at 21:30, Steve Kargl <sgk_at_troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
> 
> Looks like I picked the wrong time to update a month old.
> 
> Problem #1: 'kldload -v i915kms.ko' locks up the system.  No
> panic.  No messages logged.  No keyboard response.  Black
> screen of death.
> 
> Problem #2: 'kldload -v drm2.ko' locks up the system. No panic.
> No messages logged.  No keyboard response.  Black screen of death.
> 
> Problem #3: #1 and #2 along with an update of xorg to 1.18.4
> prevents X from firing up.
> 
> Problem #4: Ok. I re-install everything that X uses and their
> dependencies from source.

I can't help you with these...


> ===>  Building for help2man-1.47.4
> elf_load_section: truncated ELF file
> Abort trap

but this looks like a half-written or empty file.  Did you do a full
fsck, and did you already try cleaning out your work directory?

-Dimitry