> what does ktrace say about the problem?
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> 

The ktrace output is as follows:

 12262 ktrace   RET   ktrace 0
 12262 ktrace   CALL  execve(0xcfbd0bd3,0xcfbd0a8c,0xcfbd0a94)
 12262 ktrace   NAMI  "/usr/local/emul/fedora/usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/6.0/SystemFiles/Kernel/Binaries/Linux/MathKernel"
 12262 ktrace   NAMI  "/emul/svr4/lib/ld-linux.so.2"
 12262 ktrace   NAMI  "/emul/linux/lib/ld-linux.so.2"
 12262 ktrace   NAMI  "/emul/linux"
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/emul/linux/lib/ld-linux.so.2"
 12262 MathKernel EMUL  "linux"
 12262 MathKernel RET   oldolduname 0
 12262 MathKernel CALL  getuid()
 12262 MathKernel RET   getuid 1000/0x3e8
 12262 MathKernel CALL  geteuid()
 12262 MathKernel RET   geteuid 1000/0x3e8
 12262 MathKernel CALL  getgid()
 12262 MathKernel RET   getgid 1000/0x3e8
 12262 MathKernel CALL  getegid()
 12262 MathKernel RET   getegid 1000/0x3e8
 12262 MathKernel CALL  brk(0)
 12262 MathKernel RET   brk 154390528/0x933d000
 12262 MathKernel CALL  uname(0xcfbf2b12)
 12262 MathKernel RET   uname 0
 12262 MathKernel CALL  access(0x53994564,0x4)
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/emul/linux/etc/ld.so.preload"
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/etc/ld.so.preload"
 12262 MathKernel RET   access -1 errno 2 No such file or directory
 12262 MathKernel CALL  open(0x53996603,0,0x1)
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/emul/linux/etc/ld.so.cache"
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/emul/linux"
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/emul/linux/etc/ld.so.cache"
 12262 MathKernel RET   open 3
 12262 MathKernel CALL  fstat64(0x3,0xcfbf23f4)
 12262 MathKernel RET   fstat64 0
 12262 MathKernel CALL  mmap(0xcfbf23d8)
 12262 MathKernel RET   mmap 1284878336/0x4c95b000
 12262 MathKernel CALL  close(0x3)
 12262 MathKernel RET   close 0
 12262 MathKernel CALL  open(0xcfbf2410,0,0)
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/emul/linux/lib/tls/libML32i3.so"
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/lib/tls/libML32i3.so"
 12262 MathKernel RET   open -1 errno 2 No such file or directory
 12262 MathKernel CALL  open(0xcfbf2410,0,0)
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/emul/linux/lib/libML32i3.so"
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/lib/libML32i3.so"
 12262 MathKernel RET   open -1 errno 2 No such file or directory
 12262 MathKernel CALL  open(0xcfbf2410,0,0)
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/emul/linux/usr/lib/tls/libML32i3.so"
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/usr/lib/tls/libML32i3.so"
 12262 MathKernel RET   open -1 errno 2 No such file or directory
 12262 MathKernel CALL  open(0xcfbf2410,0,0)
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/emul/linux/usr/lib/libML32i3.so"
 12262 MathKernel NAMI  "/usr/lib/libML32i3.so"
 12262 MathKernel RET   open -1 errno 2 No such file or directory
 12262 MathKernel CALL  writev(0x2,0xcfbf2170,0xa)
 12262 MathKernel GIO   fd 2 wrote 101 bytes
       "/usr/local/emul/fedora/usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/6.0/SystemFiles/K\
	ernel/Binaries/Linux/MathKernel"
 12262 MathKernel GIO   fd 2 wrote 2 bytes
       ": "
 12262 MathKernel GIO   fd 2 wrote 36 bytes
       "error while loading shared libraries"
 12262 MathKernel GIO   fd 2 wrote 2 bytes
       ": "
 12262 MathKernel GIO   fd 2 wrote 12 bytes
       "libML32i3.so"
 12262 MathKernel GIO   fd 2 wrote 2 bytes
       ": "
 12262 MathKernel GIO   fd 2 wrote 30 bytes
       "cannot open shared object file"
 12262 MathKernel GIO   fd 2 wrote 2 bytes
       ": "
 12262 MathKernel GIO   fd 2 wrote 25 bytes
       "No such file or directory"
 12262 MathKernel GIO   fd 2 wrote 1 bytes
       "
       "
 12262 MathKernel RET   writev 213/0xd5
 12262 MathKernel CALL  linux_exit_group(0x7f)