error 4 in libpthread-2.11.1.so

[Bas van den Dikkenberg]

Binary package hint: ntop

Afther te upgrade to ubuntu 10.04 from ubuntu 9.10 ntop won't start any more

this what i see in the syslog

ug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: ntop v.3.3
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: Configured on Dec 21 2009 22:55:32, built on Dec 21 2009 22:55:52.
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: Copyright 1998-2007 by Luca Deri <email address hidden>
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: Get the freshest ntop from http://www.ntop.org/
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: NOTE: ntop is running from '/usr/sbin'
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: NOTE: (but see warning on man page for the --instance parameter)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: NOTE: ntop libraries are in '/usr/lib'
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: Initializing ntop
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: PROTO_INIT: Processing protocol file: '/etc/ntop/protocol.list', size: 390
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop kernel: [ 336.987204] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: Checking eth0 for additional devices
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: Resetting traffic statistics for device eth0
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: Initializing device eth0 (0)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: DLT: Device 0 [eth0] is 1, mtu 1514, header 14
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: Initializing gdbm databases
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: VENDOR: Loading MAC address table.
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: VENDOR: Checking for MAC address table file
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: VENDOR: File '/etc/ntop/specialMAC.txt' does not need to be reloaded
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: VENDOR: Checking for MAC address table file
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: VENDOR: File '/etc/ntop/oui.txt' does not need to be reloaded
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: Fingerprint: Loading signature file
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: Fingerprint: Checking for Fingerprint file... file
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: Fingerprint: Loading file '/etc/ntop/etter.finger.os'
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: Fingerprint: ...loaded 1765 records
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1514]: INIT: Parent process is exiting (this is normal)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: INIT: Bye bye: I'm becoming a daemon...
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140673025296128]: Now running as a daemon
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: -m: Discarded unnecessary parameter 172.31.1.0/24 - this is the local network
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: ASN: Checking for Autonomous System Number table file
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: ASN: Loading file '/etc/ntop/AS-list.txt'
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: ASN: ...found 111435 lines
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: ASN: ....Used 7560 KB of memory (24 per entry)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: I18N: Default language (from ntop host) is 'C'
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: I18N: This instance of ntop supports 0 additional language(s)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: IP2CC: Checking for IP address <-> Country Code mapping file
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: IP2CC: Loading file '/etc/ntop/p2c.opt.table'
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: IP2CC: ...found 52395 lines
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: Database support not compiled into ntop
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: Initializing external applications
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672885819152]: NPA: Started thread for network packet analyzer (eth0)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672877426448]: SFP: Started thread for fingerprinting
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672869033744]: SIH: Started thread for idle hosts detection
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672860641040]: DNSAR(1): Started thread for DNS address resolution
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672852248336]: DNSAR(2): Started thread for DNS address resolution
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672843855632]: DNSAR(3): Started thread for DNS address resolution
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: Calling plugin start functions (if any)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: SSL is present but https is disabled: use -W <https port> for enabling it
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: INITWEB: Initializing web server
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: INITWEB: Initializing TCP/IP socket connections for web server
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: INITWEB: Initialized socket, port 3000, address (any)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: INITWEB: Waiting for HTTP connections on port 3000
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: INITWEB: Starting web server
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672835462928]: INITWEB: Started thread for web server
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: Listening on [eth0]
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: Loading Plugins
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: Searching for plugins in /usr/lib/ntop/plugins
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: SFLOW: Welcome to sFlow.(C) 2002-04 by Luca Deri
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672860641040]: DNSAR(1): Address resolution thread running
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672852248336]: DNSAR(2): Address resolution thread running
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672843855632]: DNSAR(3): Address resolution thread running
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672869033744]: SIH: Idle host scan thread starting [p1515]
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672877426448]: SFP: Fingerprint scan thread starting [p1515]
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672835462928]: WEB: Server connection thread starting [p1515]
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: Note: SIGPIPE handler set (ignore)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672835462928]: WEB: Server connection thread running [p1515]
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: WEB: ntop's web server is now processing requests
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672885819152]: NPA: network packet analyzer (packet processor) thread running [p1515]
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: PDA: Welcome to PDA. (C) 2001-2005 by L.Deri and W.Brock
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: NETFLOW: Welcome to NetFlow.(C) 2002-07 by Luca Deri
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD: Welcome to Round-Robin Databases. (C) 2002-07 by Luca Deri.
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: ICMP: Welcome to ICMP Watch. (C) 1999-2005 by Luca Deri
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: Remote: Welcome to Remote. (C) 2006-07 by L.Deri
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: LASTSEEN: Welcome to Host Last Seen. (C) 1999 by Andrea Marangoni
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: Calling plugin start functions (if any)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: NETFLOW: Welcome to the netFlow plugin
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: NETFLOW: initializing '2' devices
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: NETFLOW: createNetFlowDevice(2)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: Creating dummy interface, 'NetFlow-device.2'
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: NETFLOW: initializing deviceId=1
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: NETFLOW: White list initialized to ''
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: NETFLOW: Black list initialized to ''
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: NETFLOW: Created a UDP socket (11)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: NETFLOW: Collector listening on port 2055
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT[t140672793966352]: NETFLOW: Started thread for receiving flows on port 2055
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: Initializing device NetFlow-device.2 (1)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: NETFLOW: createNetFlowDevice created device 1
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD: Welcome to the RRD plugin
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD: Mask for new directories is 0700
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD: Mask for new files is 0066
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: Parameters:
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: dumpInterval 300 seconds
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: dumpShortInterval 10 seconds
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: dumpHours 72 hours by 300 seconds
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: dumpDays 90 days by hour
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: dumpMonths 36 months by day
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: dumpDomains no
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: dumpFlows no
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: dumpHosts no
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: dumpInterfaces yes
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: dumpASs yes
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: dumpMatrix no
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: dumpDetail high
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: hostsFilter
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: rrdPath /var/lib/ntop/rrd
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: umask 0066
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: RRD_DEBUG: DirPerms 0700
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: THREADMGMT: RRD: Started thread (t140672785045264) for data collection
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop ntop[1515]: INIT: Created pid file (/var/run/ntop.pid)
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop kernel: [ 337.255118] ntop[1517]: segfault at 10 ip 00007ff0fc89e81f sp 00007ff0f5635dd8 error 4 in libpthread-2.11.1.so[7ff0fc893000+18000]
Aug 1 15:59:37 ntop kernel: [ 337.259470] device eth0 left promiscuous mode

[Sponge-Bob (david.peall)]

Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 NOTE: Interface merge enabled by default
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 Initializing gdbm databases
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 ntop will be started as user nobody
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 ntop v.3.3
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 Configured on Dec 21 2009 22:55:32, built on Dec 21 2009 22:55:52.
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 Copyright 1998-2007 by Luca Deri <email address hidden>
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 Get the freshest ntop from http://www.ntop.org/
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 NOTE: ntop is running from '/usr/sbin'
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 NOTE: (but see warning on man page for the --instance parameter)
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 NOTE: ntop libraries are in '/usr/lib'
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 Initializing ntop
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 No default device configured. Using eth0
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 Checking eth0 for additional devices
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 Resetting traffic statistics for device eth0
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 Initializing device eth0 (0)
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 DLT: Device 0 [eth0] is 1, mtu 1514, header 14
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 Initializing gdbm databases
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 VENDOR: Loading MAC address table.
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 VENDOR: Checking for MAC address table file
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 VENDOR: File '/etc/ntop/specialMAC.txt' does not need to be reloaded
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 VENDOR: Checking for MAC address table file
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 VENDOR: File '/etc/ntop/oui.txt' does not need to be reloaded
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 Fingerprint: Loading signature file
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 Fingerprint: Checking for Fingerprint file... file
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 Fingerprint: Loading file '/etc/ntop/etter.finger.os'
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 Fingerprint: ...loaded 1765 records
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 ASN: Checking for Autonomous System Number table file
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 ASN: Loading file '/etc/ntop/AS-list.txt'
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 ASN: ...found 111435 lines
Mon Sep 20 15:53:54 2010 ASN: ....Used 7560 KB of memory (24 per entry)
Mon 20 Sep 2010 15:53:54 SAST I18N: Default language (from ntop host) is 'en_ZA'
Mon 20 Sep 2010 15:53:54 SAST I18N: This instance of ntop supports 0 additional language(s)
Mon 20 Sep 2010 15:53:54 SAST IP2CC: Checking for IP address <-> Country Code mapping file
Mon 20 Sep 2010 15:53:54 SAST IP2CC: Loading file '/etc/ntop/p2c.opt.table'
Mon 20 Sep 2010 15:53:54 SAST IP2CC: ...found 52395 lines
Mon 20 Sep 2010 15:53:54 SAST Database support not compiled into ntop
Mon 20 Sep 2010 15:53:54 SAST Initializing external applications
Mon 20 Sep 2010 15:53:54 SAST THREADMGMT[t140098120238864]: NPA: Started thread for network packet analyzer (eth0)
Mon 20 Sep 2010 15:53:54 SAST THREADMGMT[t140098111846160]: SFP: Started thread for fingerprinting
Mon 20 Sep 2010 15:53:54 SAST THREADMGMT[t140098103453456]: SIH: Started thread for idle hosts detection
Mon 20 Sep 2010 15:53:54 SAST THREADMGMT[t140098095060752]: DNSAR(1): Started thread for DNS address resolution
Mon 20 Sep 2010 15:53:54 SAST THREADMGMT[t140098086668048]: DNSAR(2): S...

[dave b. (d+b)]

 1002.756967] ntop[2179]: segfault at 10 ip 00007fa5669baa5f sp 00007fa55f4fbc98 error 4 in libpthread-2.12.1.so[7fa5669af000+18000]
[ 1002.760684] device eth0 left promiscuous mode
[ 1085.200511] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[ 1085.589199] ntop[2239]: segfault at 10 ip 00007f3af9ad6a5f sp 00007f3af2617c98 error 4 in libpthread-2.12.1.so[7f3af9acb000+18000]
[ 1085.592313] device eth0 left promiscuous mode
[ 1096.934275] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[ 1097.191853] ntop[2261]: segfault at 10 ip 00007fc370988a5f sp 00007fc3694c9c98 error 4 in libpthread-2.12.1.so[7fc37097d000+18000]
[ 1097.194809] device eth0 left promiscuous mode
[ 1125.929538] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[ 1126.192662] ntop[2285]: segfault at 10 ip 00007f8f64cf5a5f sp 00007f8f5d836c98 error 4 in libpthread-2.12.1.so[7f8f64cea000+18000]
[ 1126.195996] device eth0 left promiscuous mode

I also have this problem on ubuntu 10.10.

[dave b. (d+b)]

there seems to be a race condition in my case:

root@boxen:~# ntop
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 NOTE: Interface merge enabled by default
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 Initializing gdbm databases
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 ntop will be started as user nobody
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 ntop v.3.3
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 Configured on Jun 15 2010 19:46:19, built on Jun 15 2010 19:46:40.
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 Copyright 1998-2007 by Luca Deri <email address hidden>
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 Get the freshest ntop from http://www.ntop.org/
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 NOTE: ntop is running from 'ntop'
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 NOTE: (but see warning on man page for the --instance parameter)
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 NOTE: ntop libraries are in '/usr/lib'
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 Initializing ntop
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 **WARNING** Truncated network size (device eth0) to 1024 hosts (real netmask 255.255.0.0)
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 Checking eth0 for additional devices
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 Resetting traffic statistics for device eth0
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 Initializing device eth0 (0)
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 DLT: Device 0 [eth0] is 1, mtu 1514, header 14
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 Initializing gdbm databases
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 VENDOR: Loading MAC address table.
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 VENDOR: Checking for MAC address table file
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 VENDOR: File '/etc/ntop/specialMAC.txt' does not need to be reloaded
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 VENDOR: Checking for MAC address table file
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 VENDOR: File '/etc/ntop/oui.txt' does not need to be reloaded
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 Fingerprint: Loading signature file
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 Fingerprint: Checking for Fingerprint file... file
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 Fingerprint: Loading file '/etc/ntop/etter.finger.os'
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 Fingerprint: ...loaded 1765 records
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 ASN: Checking for Autonomous System Number table file
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 ASN: Loading file '/etc/ntop/AS-list.txt'
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 ASN: ...found 111435 lines
Mon Nov 22 18:11:28 2010 ASN: ....Used 7560 KB of memory (24 per entry)
Mon 22 Nov 2010 18:11:28 EST I18N: Default language (from ntop host) is 'en_AU'
Mon 22 Nov 2010 18:11:28 EST I18N: This instance of ntop supports 0 additional language(s)
Mon 22 Nov 2010 18:11:28 EST IP2CC: Checking for IP address <-> Country Code mapping file
Mon 22 Nov 2010 18:11:28 EST IP2CC: Loading file '/etc/ntop/p2c.opt.table'
Mon 22 Nov 2010 18:11:28 EST IP2CC: ...found 52395 lines
Mon 22 Nov 2010 18:11:28 EST Database support not compiled into ntop
Mon 22 Nov 2010 18:11:28 EST Initializing external applications
Mon 22 Nov 2010 18:11:28 EST THREADMGMT[t140287450130192]: NPA: network packet analyzer (packet processor) thread running [p2467]
Mon 22 Nov 2010 18:11:28 EST THREADMGMT[t140287450130192]: NPA: Started thread for network packet analyzer (eth0)
Mon 22 Nov 2010 18:11:28 EST THREADMGMT[t140287441737488]: SFP: Started thread for fingerprinting
Mon 22 Nov 2010 18:11:28 EST THREADMGMT[t140287433344784]...

[Ludovico Cavedon (cavedon)]

Ntop 3.3 is quite old. The latest upstream version (4.0.3) is currently packaged for maverick or in my PPA for older Ubuntu versions:
https://launchpad.net/~cavedon/+archive/ppa

Could you try it, please, and report if it fixes your issue?
Thanks for taking the time to report the bug.

[Ludovico Cavedon (cavedon)]

Sorry, the latest upstream version (4.0.3) is packages for natty. The version for maverick is in my PPA.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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