Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 20:30:30 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Lutz Albers <lutz@muc.de> Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems installing the new StarOffice version Message-ID: <199805190330.UAA00349@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 17 May 1998 21:30:53 %2B0200." <355F3AED.19D0777B@muc.de>
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Please always CC' emulation-related stuff to the emulation list. If I get hit by a bus, at least then someone else has a chance of picking it up. 8) > Mike Smith wrote: > > > I've just received the new StarOffice 4.0 CD-ROM for Linux (the one you > > > can order from their web-site). This is a newly compiled version > > > (according to the readme notes). The setup bombs with an Abort during > > > install on a 2.2.6 system. Here is the last part pf a ktrace/kdump > > > output: > > > > Is this kdump or linux_kdump? If the former, could you repeat with the > > latter? > > Sorry, didn't know about linux_kdump. Here it is: > > 4329 setup.bin RET linux_time 895432581/0x355f3785 > 4329 setup.bin CALL linux_newstat(0x86b4924,0xefbfc590) > 4329 setup.bin NAMI "setup.ini" > 4329 setup.bin RET linux_newstat JUSTRETURN That looks better. Check for setup.ini > 4329 setup.bin CALL getpid > 4329 setup.bin RET getpid 4329/0x10e9 > 4329 setup.bin CALL linux_open(0xefbfbdf0,0x800,0) > 4329 setup.bin NAMI "/compat/linux/proc/4329/cmdline" > 4329 setup.bin NAMI "/proc/4329/cmdline" > 4329 setup.bin RET linux_open JUSTRETURN This is still *&^%*&^%$c stupid. > 4329 setup.bin PSIG SIGSEGV caught handler=0x835e794 mask=0x0 > code=0xc And this is the same problem. > This looks really funny. Does FreeBSD emulate the Linux /proc fs ? I > don't know WHY the did this, the older installer worked fine :-( No, it doesn't. It looks like someone Got Smart. Does the setup.ini file exist? If not, try touching it and see what happens. > > > Any Ideas ? > > > > Not immediately, sorry. > > :-( Basically, we need to emulate more of the /proc cruft that Linux has. *sigh* -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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