[ns] ns2.1b8a validation failed (linux on an alpha)

[Frank Posluszny <fspoz3@WPI.EDU>]

I'm running Debian Linux 2.2.18pre11 on an Alphaserver DS10.  I was able
to ./configure and make on ns2.1b8a, however the validation tests
consistently all fail with almost exactly similar error messages:
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  ./test-all-template1: line 146: 15448 Illegal instruction    $NS $file $t $qflag
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  ./test-all-template1: line 146: 15482 Illegal instruction    $NS $file $t $qflag

I am unsure of what this means.  I've done a search through the archives
and there seems to be one similar thread started, however there is no
answer to it in the archive.  I've included that email below for
reference.

Any help, much appreciative.

-frank p



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To: <ns-users@ISI.EDU>
      Subject: [ns] ns2.1b8 validation failed (linux on an alpha) (fwd)
      From: Karen Wang <karenw@MIT.EDU>
      Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:23:31 -0400 (EDT)
      Sender: owner-ns-users@ISI.EDU

Hi,

- Running Debian Linux 2.2.17 on an Alpha machine.
- Was able to install and compile ns2.1b8 successfully.
- Validation failed,
        (i don't notice the same errors on previous posts
        to the newsgroup re: validation failures)

Does someone know what might have gone wrong?
Just about every one of the tests spits out one of the following
errors (esp. Seg fault, Illegal instruc).  Here's 3 snippets.



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Running test tahoe1:
../../ns test-suite-simple.tcl tahoe1 QUIET
./test-all-template1: line 146: 28689 Segmentation fault $NS $file $t
$qflag
Test output agrees with reference output

        Here's more info:

        (gdb) run test-suite-simple.tcl tahoe1 QUIET

        Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
        0x120287ee0 in PacketTypeLog virtual table ()
        Current language:  auto; currently c

        #0  0x120287ee0 in PacketTypeLog virtual table ()
        #1  0x12023a79c in _fini ()
        #2  0x200009374d8 in exit () from /lib/libc.so.6.1
        #3  0x1201dac94 in Tcl_Exit ()
        #4  0x1201bc130 in Tcl_ExitObjCmd ()
        ...
        #16 0x12000c0c8 in AtHandler::handle ()
        #17 0x12000c024 in Scheduler::dispatch ()
        #18 0x12000c078 in Scheduler::dispatch ()
        #19 0x12000bf60 in Scheduler::run ()
        #20 0x12000c254 in Scheduler::command ()
        ...
        #50 0x120205550 in EvalObjv ()
        #51 0x120205e9c in Tcl_EvalEx ()
        #52 0x1201f8db4 in Tcl_EvalFile ()
        #53 0x1201fcf08 in Tcl_Main ()
        #54 0x1200051fc in main ()

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Running test full:
../../ns test-suite-full.tcl full QUIET
./test-all-template1: line 146: 29408 Illegal instruction $NS $file $t
$qflag
Test output agrees with reference output

        Here's more info:

        (gdb) run test-suite-full.tcl full QUIET

        Program received signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction.
        0x120287eec in PacketTypeLog virtual table ()
        Current language:  auto; currently c
        (gdb) where
        #0  0x120287eec in PacketTypeLog virtual table ()
        #1  0x12023a79c in _fini ()
        #2  0x200009374d8 in exit () from /lib/libc.so.6.1
        #3  0x1201dac94 in Tcl_Exit ()
        #4  0x1201bc130 in Tcl_ExitObjCmd ()
        #5  0x120205550 in EvalObjv ()
        #6  0x120205e9c in Tcl_EvalEx ()
        #7  0x12020616c in Tcl_Eval ()
        #8  0x1201fd400 in Tcl_Main ()
        #9  0x1200051fc in main ()

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Running test slowStart:
../../ns test-suite-friendly.tcl slowStart QUIET
./test-all-template1: line 146: 30321 Floating point exception
$NS $file $t $qflag
Test output differs from reference output

        Here's more info:

        (gdb) run test-suite-friendly.tcl slowStart QUIET

        Program received signal SIGFPE, Arithmetic exception.
        0x1201460e8 in TfrcSinkAgent::recv ()
        (gdb) where
        #0  0x1201460e8 in TfrcSinkAgent::recv ()
        #1  0x12001aaf8 in Classifier::recv ()
        #2  0x12001aaf8 in Classifier::recv ()
        #3  0x120018794 in Trace::recv ()
        #4  0x120017758 in TTLChecker::recv ()
        #5  0x12000f788 in NsObject::handle ()
        #6  0x12000c024 in Scheduler::dispatch ()
        ...
        #39 0x120205550 in EvalObjv ()
        #40 0x120205e9c in Tcl_EvalEx ()
        #41 0x1201f8db4 in Tcl_EvalFile ()
        #42 0x1201fcf08 in Tcl_Main ()
        #43 0x1200051fc in main ()

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All test output agrees with reference output.
validate overall report: some tests failed:
./test-all-friendly ./test-all-srm ./test-all-ecn ./test-all-ecn-full
./test-all-hier-routing ./test-all-algo-routing
./test-all-mcast ./test-all-vc ./test-all-session
./test-all-mixmode ./test-all-webcache ./test-all-mcache
./test-all-webtraf ./test-all-plm
./test-all-mpls ./test-all-wireless-lan-aodv ./test-all-WLtutorial

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Uhh.. Is this info sufficient for you to help me troubleshoot?

Thanks!

Karen

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