From owner-freebsd-emulation Sun May 4 19:44:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA29943 for emulation-outgoing; Sun, 4 May 1997 19:44:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA29937 for ; Sun, 4 May 1997 19:44:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA25484 for emulation@freebsd.org; Mon, 5 May 1997 12:14:00 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199705050244.MAA25484@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Applixware hangs To: emulation@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 12:14:00 +0930 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-emulation@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk This should have gone to the emulation list, whence it has been moved. (oops, I blew it first time) Alex.Boisvert stands accused of saying: > > Hello hackers - > > I bought (RedHat's) Applixware application suite a month ago and I still > can't use it. You should also check the mailing list archives and try to communicate with others that have claimed success in running it. There have been quite a few, and they may be able to give you more direct suggestions. > Here's the problem description: > > 1-Mount the applix cdrom > 2-Run /cdrom/unpacked/applix to start the application > 3-Wait about 20 seconds to load from CDROM > 4-A window pops without any content. > 5-FreeBSD freezes to death. (No telnet, no ping, nothing, no CTRL-ALT-DEL) Have you tried a serial console so you can see what is happening? Do you have DDB in your kernel? Try rebuilding the Linux LKM with DEBUG defined (look in the src/lkm/linux Makefile) and see what is output. Which X server are you using? If you use a remote X server/display (on another machine), do you see anything on the console? > Alex . -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[