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Date:      Thu, 09 Oct 1997 01:44:55 -0400
From:      Michael Alwan <mjalwan@rma.edu>
To:        Jonathan Fosburgh <jef53313@Bayou.UH.EDU>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: staroffice installation
Message-ID:  <343C6F57.2786D5C5@rma.edu>
References:  <Pine.OSF.3.95q.971009003735.2372B-100000@Bayou.UH.EDU>

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Jonathan Fosburgh wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Michael Alwan wrote:
> 
> > Hi all:
> >
> > Some questions about StarOffice. I got the StarOffice 3.4 package (not
> > 3.4beta, but the latest package at ftp.freebsd.org) and the
> > linux_lib-2.4.  Installed both, enabled linux compatability in rc.conf
> > (I'm running 3.0-970807-SNAP). Ran ldconfig in /compat/linux/sbin.
> > Rebooted: startup mesages indicate linux compatability is enabled. Go to
> > /usr/local/StarOffice-3.4 and try to run setup.  The message: "this UNIX
> > version is not supported."  I didn't see anything specific to this
> > problem in the archives.  Any ideas?  And why two StarOffice packages
> > under current (one a beta)?  Did I download the wrong one?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Michael Alwan
> >
> You have to enable linux emulation in the kernel. See LINT for details.
> Jonathan Fosburgh, wotan@scientist.com , University of Houston Geophysics

Are you sure? I thought since 2.2.?? it was sufficient to set the linux
compatability in rc.conf.  I'll check it out.

Thanks..



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