From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 20 16:28:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from shalimar.net.au (shalimar.net.au [198.142.161.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C63AF37B4C5 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:28:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from shalimar.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shalimar.net.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id eAL0SWR31697; Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:28:32 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from count@shalimar.net.au) From: Zero Sum Organization: Tobacco Chewers and Body Painters Association. Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:28:32 +1100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.1.99] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: jmelesky@dynamictrade.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20001120162422.AE73537B4C5@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20001120162422.AE73537B4C5@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Oracle install revisited MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00112111283206.29201@shalimar.net.au> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday 21 November 2000 03:27, jmelesky@dynamictrade.com wrote: > > Just a wild guess, but have you USER_LDT set in your kernel? > > Good suggestion. Checked it out, and the installer got significantly > further. However, when the installer runs, it starts spewing "kernel > trap 9 with interrupts disabled" errors. > USER_LDT is usually only used with WINE. I would suggest theat perhaps the code is not a thouroughly tested as most because, until now WINE has been the only test case. It appears that you have another. I would suggest that you research who the responsible person is and email them directly. This sort of problem should not be hard to diagnose (as long as it can be reproduced). > Looking through the source code, i find that trap 9 is a general > protection fault. Some searches through the freebsd-questions archive > turn up a few posts, most related to installs, not running systems. > But you say above 'checked it out, and the installer got significantly further. However, when the installer runs, it starts spewing "kernel trap 9 with interrupts disabled" errors'. So isn't this still an install problem? > Anyone have any ideas? I'm about to let the sysadmin install RedHat... > Well, I'm not even sure what LDT is, so I can't help further, but I'd get the sysadmin to hold off, if you can. Get the attention of the right person (not me!) and I am sure this will be quickly resolved. Geoff -- count@shalimar.net.au Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message