Patrick Horgan <phorgan1@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Linux dell 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 16:20:31 UTC > 2009 i686 GNU/Linux > gcc (GCC) 4.5.0 20091224 (experimental) > Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7pre, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2009 mozilla.org > > After building gcc trunk, when I tried to run firefox the next time I > got this error: > > /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.7pre/firefox: error while loading shared > libraries: libstdc++.so.6: failed to map segment from shared object: > Permission denied I see that this is being somehow caused by using a new version of gcc, but I have no idea what could be causing it. gcc creates the shared libraries in the usual way, and an ordinary shared library should not fail with an EACCES error. I have no idea what could cause that. You may get farther if you ask people familiar with GNU/Linux or with the dynamic linker, which on Debian is part of glibc or eglibc. Ian