Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 17:40:39 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: oddness with linux-emu and directory access Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811101730510.370-100000@porkfriedrice.ny.genx.net> In-Reply-To: <199811102138.NAA00756@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > i'm noticing oddness when a linux emulated program tries to access files > > > > specifically: > > Adobe acrobat reader seems to choke on bringing up it's file selection box > > linux x11amp doesn't want to work properly > > > > it seems the apps are being forced into the /usr/compat/linux tree a bit > > too agressivly? > > It's not "too aggressively"; it's a feature of the way that the > directory substitution works. > > Graphical fileselectors are a little problematic, because they open the > *directory*, so if the fileselector opens '/usr', it's going to get the > linux-compat /usr, and there's not much you can do about that. Most of > them let you type in a path, so you can "break out" of an area shadowed > by the compatibility area. ack, my linux_mod.o lkm was terribly out of date. i recently built then install world'd (not make world) why aren't lkms automagically being taken care of anymore? i know we have klds for ELF kernels right? but from what i see aout is still default, shouldn't lkms be updated? anyhow sorry for the false alarm. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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