From owner-freebsd-emulation Fri Dec 18 00:14:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA06138 for freebsd-emulation-outgoing; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:14:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA06133 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:14:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA02303; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:11:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812180811.AAA02303@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Greg Lehey cc: "Jason C. Wells" , "Paul T. Root" , FreeBSD-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WordPerfect for Linux on FreeBSD In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 18 Dec 1998 16:39:44 +1030." <19981218163944.V486@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:11:24 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Thursday, 17 December 1998 at 20:01:51 -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Paul T. Root wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> I downloaded the free WordPerfect for Linux today from download.com and > >> installed it on my 2.2.8-Stable (a week or so ago) machine. It came right up > >> without any problem. The install was flawless. > > > > I must report very good success with Word Perfect as well. I am so pleased > > with WordPerfect that I must now say goodbye to StarOffice, and (TA DA) > > WORD. Ding dong the witch is dead. The wicked witch... > > Hmm. I've just installed it, which worked fine, and looked quite > professional, but it SIGSEGVs when I try to run it. I'll look at it > when I have time, but if anybody else sees something like this and has > a solution, I'd be interested in hearing it. It's running fine here; should be OK on 2.2.5 and later (perhaps even 2.2.2) - I'm using it now to write some HTML describing in painful detail everything that's involved in making it work. All the usual crap - make sure your LKM's in sync, check you have linux_lib 2.4 or later installed, etc. -- \\ 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