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Date:      Sun, 30 Apr 1995 18:25:54 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Christopher Shmitty Smith <cgs5649@hertz.njit.edu>
To:        jkh@freefall.cdrom.com, FreeBSD-questions@freefall.cdrom.com
Cc:        cgs@unx.dec.com
Subject:   Ported FreeBSD -> Linux Problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.ULT.3.91.950430170432.12771B-100000@hertz.njit.edu>

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Hi ... sorry to bother you ... I noticed your address(es) in certain readme
files and/or man pages.  I am trying ( with no success ) to run various 
"ported" FreeBSD-1.1 apps under Linux.  These files came with my 
slackware (Trans-AmeraTech(sp)) CD.  Some apps work ... most don't.  The 
common response when a run is attempted is :

Segmentation Fault

with no core file generated.  Tried to trace through with gdb and 
xxgdb ... gdb is no help.  xxgdb complains about some typewriter value ( 
have a feeling that is an xxgdb setting than a FreeBSD setting ... but, 
I could be wrong ).  The xtrek app ( with xtrekd ) is the app I have been 
trying to get to work for the longest time with no success. 

Here is the contents of my /cdrom/FreeBSD-1.1 directory :

total 57526
drwxr-sr-x   2 root     25          14336 Sep 26  1994 ./
drwxr-xr-x  17 root     root         4096 Sep 25  1994 ../
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25           2960 Jul 27  1994 00index.txt*
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           21 Aug 30  1994 README -> README.1ST.WE.MEAN.IT*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25           1593 Jul 10  1994 README.1ST.WE.MEAN.IT*
-r--r--r--   1 root     root         5216 Sep 27  1994 TRANS.TBL
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         270646 Apr 20  1994 Xaw3d_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          16614 Jul  3  1994 a2ps_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         130095 Apr 16  1994 aXe_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         205091 Apr 16  1994 archivers_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         185956 Apr 16  1994 bash_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         231653 Apr 16  1994 blas_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         284689 May 14  1994 blt_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          38207 Apr 16  1994 bwbasic_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         314751 May 10  1994 dgd_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         272584 Apr 16  1994 eispack_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25        3146438 May 17  1994 emacs_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25        1220542 Jul 27  1994 flexfax_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         157557 Apr 23  1994 fvwm_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         480778 Apr 18  1994 gdb_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25        2184809 Apr 16  1994 ghostscript_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         228509 Mar 31  1994 gmake_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         250277 May 31  1994 gnuplot_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          27464 Apr 16  1994 golddig_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         109248 Apr 16  1994 gopher_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         163529 Apr 22  1994 httpd_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          16511 Apr 16  1994 ile_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25           8447 Apr 16  1994 iozone_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25        3580937 May 25  1994 ispell_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25        5387835 May 25  1994 iv_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         101563 Apr 16  1994 jpeg_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         185803 Apr 16  1994 kermit_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          63943 Apr 16  1994 ksh_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          77845 Jul 22  1994 kterm_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          41465 Apr 16  1994 less_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         161694 Jun 13  1994 libreadline_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         631455 Apr 16  1994 linpack_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          54091 May  7  1994 logo_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25           5528 Mar 31  1994 md5_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25        1455511 May 13  1994 mh_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          39041 May 30  1994 mpeg_play_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          72754 Apr 16  1994 mprof_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          66987 Apr 16  1994 mtools_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25        1457462 Jun  4  1994 mule-font-BIG5.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          26118 Jun  4  1994 mule-font-Cyrillic.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         146942 Jun  4  1994 mule-font-ETL.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         774112 Jun  4  1994 mule-font-GB.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         975393 Jun  4  1994 mule-font-Japanese.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         734309 Jun  4  1994 mule-font-Korean.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25        3499768 May 22  1994 mule_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         183572 Apr 16  1994 mush_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         896881 Apr 22  1994 ncsa_tools_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         448411 Apr 22  1994 netaudio_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         231087 Apr 25  1994 pbmplus_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         955284 Apr 28  1994 perl_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          26787 Aug 10  1994 pkg_install.tar.gz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         270264 Apr 16  1994 point_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         330124 Apr 22  1994 rasmol_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          25347 May 12  1994 rxvt_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         157730 May 25  1994 rzsz_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          92725 Apr 16  1994 sc_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         111065 Apr 16  1994 screen_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          58189 Apr 16  1994 seahaven_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          95869 Apr 28  1994 seyon_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25        4797891 Apr 25  1994 sml93_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          66070 Apr 20  1994 sup_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          33973 Apr 16  1994 syscons_xtra_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          47944 Apr 16  1994 tcl-dp_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         190581 May 14  1994 tcl_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         158554 Apr 16  1994 tcsh_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          11836 Apr 16  1994 tcx_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          46712 Apr 16  1994 term_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25        2918559 Apr  2  1994 tex_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         391538 Feb 25  1994 texinfo_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25       11459383 May 19  1994 texk_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         122871 Apr 25  1994 tiff_lib.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         647484 May 14  1994 tk_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          22036 Apr 25  1994 top_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25           6272 Apr 16  1994 unshar_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         151417 Apr 16  1994 vile_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          56633 Mar 31  1994 workman_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         112322 Jul  1  1994 xarchie_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         370313 Jun  1  1994 xboing_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          22045 Apr 24  1994 xcdplayer_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         138788 Jul  1  1994 xearth_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         136327 Jul 10  1994 xftp_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          24288 Apr 16  1994 xjewel_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         257340 Apr 16  1994 xlispstat_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          28304 Apr 25  1994 xlock_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          15392 Jul  1  1994 xmandel_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         195234 Apr 22  1994 xpaint_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          56785 May 19  1994 xphoon_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         219247 Apr 16  1994 xpilot_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          55630 Apr 16  1994 xpm_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          85380 May 20  1994 xrn_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25           6918 Jul  1  1994 xsplinefun_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          69013 Apr 16  1994 xtrek_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25        1978394 Apr 17  1994 xview32_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          58900 Jul  3  1994 xvnews_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          34290 May 31  1994 xxgdb_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          33384 Apr 28  1994 ytalk_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25          74607 Apr  5  1994 zircon_bin.tgz*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     25         152284 Apr 16  1994 zsh_bin.tgz*

The order is alphanumeric.

I know everyone is busy with real problems.  Being able to run ported 
apps under Linux would be great if possible.  If anything, the 
knowledge gained on just the "this is how you run a ported BSD app" 
would be worth its weight in gold!  Please respond soon ( 
hey! even a pointer to a certain FAQ or HOWTO would be great even ).

Thanks again for your time.

Christopher Smith
Digital Equipment Corporation.


PS : (raw numbers)

"
CPU = 486DX2 / 66Mhz
OS = Linux Slackware 2.1.0 ( upgraded kernel 1.2.0 )
DASD = 16M (RAM), 32M (SWAP), ~470M (DISK)
X Client/Server = X11R5 2.1.1 ( I think?? )
"
If more numbers are needed, please reply! :)

Later

PPS : I was going to mail Dave Gagne and Mike Bolotski ( both from the
U of BC ), but I did not have time to track down e-mail address.  These
two individuals are responsible ( I think ) for the first version of xtrek.



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