Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 23:41:43 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "jimmie james" <jimmiejaz@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Abiword users, update your wv.. (long debug) [FIXED] Message-ID: <op.sqwkntov9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <7e148fb9050516213162784917@mail.gmail.com> References: <7e148fb9050516213162784917@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 16 May 2005 23:31:11 -0500, jimmie james <jimmiejaz@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello AbiWord users, > > Hello, > >> Be sure to update your wv to 1.0.0_3 to fix the crash when you try to >> click open or save to open dialog for browser directory/file. > > Now that wv 1.0.0_3 is in the ports tree, it seems to work just fine > on 4.11-STABLE. ( run under gdb follows) > >> As for FreeBSD 4.x users, there have one to two reports of crash... >> Sorry, >> I have no idea and it is recommend any desktop users to use FreeBSD 5.x >> or >> 6.x these day. FreeBSD 4.x is useless for desktop, IMO. > > I have to disagree. I for one, can't update to 5.x. My BIOS will not > let me install, and there's no update for it anymore. If I know more > code, or debuging(and didn't need a stable machine for work, I'd be a > test monkey to help fix :( It's a Dell Dimension L series, it's > older(a few years) I'm sure there's others, that will stay with 4.X, > for one reason or another, and if a port doesn't build or run, it > should be marked somehow(broken, ignore, unsure(new catagory?) > Not your port, but an example. > #/usr/local/sbin/smartctl -a ad0 > smartctl version 5.33 [i386-portbld-freebsd4.11] Copyright (C) 2002-4 > Bruce Allen > Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ > > ATA support is not provided for this kernel version. Please ugrade to > a recent 5-CURRENT kernel (post 09/01/2003 or so) > Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device) > > cvs logs show it was marked BROKEN on 4.x, then 'fixed' but as you > see, it's not working on 4.x, but no indication that it's broken(on > 4.x anyways) > > Thanks for the heads up on the 'wv' port update. That seems to have > fixed the problem here. Good to know, thanks for test and report. Cheers, Mezz >> Cheers, >> Mezz > > Thanks, and Cheers > Jimmie. <snip> -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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