Hi guys Never seen this before, need a hand. Fairly fresh Debian 8 install, fully updated, running as root. root(a)ROOTCA:~/ca# man opensslroot(a)ROOTCA:~/ca# man -kroot(a)ROOTCA:~/ca# which man/usr/bin/manroot(a)ROOTCA:~/ca# man --helproot(a)ROOTCA:~/ca# ... When I execute man, it doesn't give me anything, and just returns me to the command prompt. Not even man --help will return a response. I've purged and reinstalled man-db, ensured that ncurses-base is installed, even checked the size of man (106912 bytes), and checked dmesg for any segfaults... there's just nothing I can find anywhere. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. E-- Securely sent with Tutanota. It's good, you should try it: https://tutanota.com
On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 00:00:01 +0100 (BST), Eric Light wrote:
When I execute man, it doesn't give me anything, and just returns me to the command prompt. Not even man --help will return a response. I've purged and reinstalled man-db, ensured that ncurses-base is installed, even checked the size of man (106912 bytes), and checked dmesg for any segfaults... there's just nothing I can find anywhere.
According to the man(1) man page, “man -u” will do a cache consistency check. Worth a try? You could also try invoking mandb directly.
Thanks Lawrence Ran man -u, but same result:root(a)ROOTCA:~/ca# man -uroot(a)ROOTCA:~/ca# mandb -c (to recreate the databases) LOOKED good, but:71 man subdirectories contained newer manual pages. 2904 manual pages were added.0 stray cats were added.root(a)ROOTCA:~/ca# man caroot(a)ROOTCA:~/ca# manroot(a)ROOTCA:~/ca# man -u Ran mandb -t (to "check manual pages for correctness"); it took a few seconds, but eventually returned to the prompt and nothing changed. It's quite curious, and it's decidedly difficult to Google for! E -- Securely sent with Tutanota. It's good, you should try it: https://tutanota.com 13. Jul 2016 11:41 by ldo(a)geek-central.gen.nz:
On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 00:00:01 +0100 (BST), Eric Light wrote:
When I execute man, it doesn't give me anything, and just returns me to the command prompt. Not even man --help will return a response. I've purged and reinstalled man-db, ensured that ncurses-base is installed, even checked the size of man (106912 bytes), and checked dmesg for any segfaults... there's just nothing I can find anywhere.
According to the man(1) man page, “man -u” will do a cache consistency check. Worth a try?
You could also try invoking mandb directly. _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: > https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug
Found the problem! Turns out it was an errant apparmor profile. Fixed by running: # aa-complain /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.man My next step is finding out why apparmor isn't doing any logging... Thanks all; Lawrence in particular. :)E -- Securely sent with Tutanota. It's good, you should try it: https://tutanota.com 13. Jul 2016 11:41 by ldo(a)geek-central.gen.nz:
On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 00:00:01 +0100 (BST), Eric Light wrote:
When I execute man, it doesn't give me anything, and just returns me to the command prompt. Not even man --help will return a response. I've purged and reinstalled man-db, ensured that ncurses-base is installed, even checked the size of man (106912 bytes), and checked dmesg for any segfaults... there's just nothing I can find anywhere.
According to the man(1) man page, “man -u” will do a cache consistency check. Worth a try?
You could also try invoking mandb directly. _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | > wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: > https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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