From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 9 13:07:19 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E01C16A417 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:07:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from redbull.bpaserver.net (redbullneu.bpaserver.net [213.198.78.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF75313C44B for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:07:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p54A54F27.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.79.39]) by redbull.bpaserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEA1E2E2B9; Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:51:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (webmail.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05A225B4800; Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:50:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.14.1/8.13.8/Submit) id l99CoqXc086237; Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:50:52 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:50:52 +0200 Message-ID: <20071009145052.923n0nxuww40c0ww@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:50:52 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Mikhail Teterin References: <200710090816.55266@aldan> In-Reply-To: <200710090816.55266@aldan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.4) / FreeBSD-7.0 X-BPAnet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-BPAnet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BPAnet-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-13.504, required 8, BAYES_00 -15.00, MIME_QP_LONG_LINE 1.40, RDNS_DYNAMIC 0.10) X-BPAnet-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-Spam-Status: No Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The scandalous status of linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:07:19 -0000 Quoting Mikhail Teterin (from Tue, 9 Oct =20 2007 08:16:54 -0400): > =3DIf you can not find it, tell emulation@ about your problem. > > Just a reminder, that SDL-using Linux-executables, which broke on -stable = in > some time in June, are still broken with the kernel from September 16. A g= ame > called "civctp" used to start up and play just fine, but now hangs on > start-up -- at least, on amd64. > > Just tried changing the level of Linux emulation -- still hangs. > > Although the commercial version of the game was only available to paying > customers, the freely available demo version shows the same problem. > > =3DBe prepared to do some guided debugging. > > Checking out the games/civ2demo from the Attic is far easier for a develop= er > to do, than rebuilding a kernel (even once) is for a regular user. It's not only about easy/hard, it's also about resources (e.g. a =20 -stable machine and/or time). Bye, Alexander. --=20 "The Computer made me do it." http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137