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Date:      Wed, 12 Nov 1997 12:23:12 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Philipp Reichmuth <uzsv2k@uni-bonn.de>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ELF binary type not known
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971112122214.440H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3468E5DF.41C67EA6@uni-bonn.de>

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On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Philipp Reichmuth wrote:

> I have a problem with the Linux emulation; I am running 2.2.5-STABLE at
> CTM #501 and the COMPAT_LINUX option compiled into the kernel (bit of
> leftover from my 2.1.7 system). (2.1.7 means that I _once_ _ran_ 2.1.7
> but reompiled virtually everything except Netscape... to 2.2.5.)
> 
> I tried to install the linux_lib 2.4, and it tries to run the Linux
> ldconfig (ldconfig, I think) at the end of the make install process.
> When it tries to do this, it says "ELF: binary type not known, signal 6:
> ignored". The make install completes OK, though.

Make sure you're loading the Linux LKM through /etc/rc.conf.  You may need
to run `brandelf -t Linux ldconfig' to have FreeBSD grok the emulation
properly.  The options COMPAT_LINUX / LINUX_COMPAT are no longer needed,
thankfully.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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