From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 15 08:47:15 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA07490 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 08:47:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA07485 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 08:47:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #1) id 101CNQ-0000No-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:45:41 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id QAA04236; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:45:00 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (gppsun4) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA10519; Fri, 15 Jan 99 16:44:58 GMT Message-Id: <369F707C.ABF89E99@uk.radan.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:44:44 +0000 From: Mark Ovens Organization: Radan Computational Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) X-Accept-Language: en-GB Mime-Version: 1.0 To: "J. W. Ballantine" <"jwb"@akiva.homer.att.com@ulysses.homer.att.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: packages and os version problem References: <199901151459.JAA17022@akiva.> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "J. W. Ballantine" wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been tracking 2.2-stable through several releases via CTM. Recently I tried to add a package > from the 2.2.8-RELEASE cd after I had updated to 2.2.8-stable and I got a message about the package > being for 2.2.8-RELEASE, but the system was version 2.2.X (where X was the original release I loaded). > > When I attempted to run a package I have added, I received the following error: > > tinlizzie $ /usr/local/Acrobat3/bin/acroread sport336.pbf > The OS named FreeBSD version 2.2.8-STABLE is currently not installed. > Try running on a installed platform and connecting to your display. > Installed platform(s) include the following: > Intel/Linux > Yes, I had this problem too. There is either another binary in the /usr/local/Acrobat3 tree, or you need to start it with an option. Can't remember which, I'm at work now, but I'll check when I get home (about an hour) and e-mail you with a definitive answer. HTH > uname -a on the system is: > > FreeBSD tinlizzie.jwb.com 2.2.8-STABLE FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE #0: Sat Jan 9 18:31:50 EST 1999 root@tinlizzie.jwb.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/MYKERNEL i386 > > Any ideas on what is going on??? > > Thanks in advance, > > Jim > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message