Questions tagged [binfmt]
binfmt_misc is a Linux kernel component that allows it to run foreign executables directly (Windows, Java, …)
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How could I make the changes in `usr/include/linux/binfmts.h` file make effect?
I have Ubuntu server that is running Linux 4.15.0-1082-azure.
I updated the usr/include/linux/binfmts.h file in order to increase the size of argument list. I changed the MAX_ARG_PAGES.
I need to ...
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Cross-arch Docker container will stop emulation
I'm trying to build a portable cross-arch Docker container using QEMU. However, depending on the host system and the programs installed on the host the container behaves differently.
Running the ...
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What could cause slow binfmt-support.service during boot?
I have a Fujitsu LifeBook with Lubuntu 18.04.2 which is booting very slow. Here's the output from systemd-analyze blame | head -n20
28.869s systemd-journal-flush.service
24.957s dev-sda1.device
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Steam Proton stopped working on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS on AMD64 with Steam client now at version Feb 18 2019, package 1550534751.
Yesterday, I could play Steam Play games (Windows games with the Proton fork of Wine) just fine on my ...
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Is `/usr/lib/binfmt-support/run-detectors` supposed to choose mono or wine to run a windows or .net executable? [duplicate]
On Lubuntu 18.04, Is /usr/lib/binfmt-support/run-detectors supposed to choose mono or wine to run a windows or .net executable?
$ cat /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/cli
enabled
interpreter /usr/lib/...
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Detect CLI or Wine executable in Manjaro
In my Linux Mint installation, I can directly execute a PE executable at the command line, and if it's a .NET/CLI executable, then it will automatically execute it with Mono, and otherwise, it will ...
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What kinds of executable formats do the files under /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/ allow?
I following Michael's reply to see what executable formats my Ubuntu can recognize to execute
$ ls -l /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 19 16:11 cli
-rw-r--r-- 1 root ...
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Qemu with binfmt in chroot
I have downloaded some firmware and I want to run some commands in it. I have extracted the firmware, installed qemu and configured binfmts. The problem is that binfmt does not work in the chroot.
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Installing qemu-user-static and binfmt-support inside an LXC
I'd like to run armhf executables inside an amd64 LXC container. How to do that?
update-binfmts --display shows no qemu interpreters.
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Is there a more proper place than /etc/rc.local for writing to configure binfmt?
I want to be able to run clr (>NET/mono) exes on my redhat machines, so I add the following to /etc/rc.local:
echo ':CLR:M::MZ::/opt/mono-head/bin/mono:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
This ...
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No /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/CLR on my system?
I run docky which is programmed with mono so I think the binfmt is running correctly, but proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount complains about it, since I don't have /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/CLR
I ...
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systemd failure on binfmt services
Systemd has several failed services, and I don't know how to work it out:
# systemctl --failed
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB JOB DESCRIPTION
proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount ...
