From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 19 20:36:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 647D316A4CE for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 20:36:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail4.tpgi.com.au (mail.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C194B43D31 for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 20:36:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gradeastudent@tpg.com.au) Received: from admin (mailserver.gradeastudent.net.au [220.244.37.18]) by mail4.tpgi.com.au (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4K3apLa020037; Thu, 20 May 2004 13:36:54 +1000 From: "Andrew Firestone" To: "'Bill Moran'" Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 13:36:45 +1000 Message-ID: <000201c43e1b$acccd280$2b00a8c0@admin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 In-Reply-To: <40AC146C.9020900@potentialtech.com> Importance: Normal X-TPG-Antivirus: Passed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: OpenOffice Install in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 03:36:56 -0000 Just checked out the status of the port and it looks like it is broken. www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/editors/openoffice-1.1 -----Original Message----- From: Bill Moran [mailto:wmoran@potentialtech.com] Sent: Thursday, 20 May 2004 12:14 PM To: Andrew Firestone Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenOffice Install in FreeBSD Andrew Firestone wrote: > Anyone have any luck installing OpenOffice-1.1 for FreeBSD 4.9? > I only get the error below after getting all the bits from the sun site for > the java install that OpenOffice precipitates. > > Java HotSpot (TM) Client VM warning: Can't detect initial thread stack > location > > In all the post on this topic I could find the recommended solution was the > following: > > kldload linprocfs > mount -t linprocfs linprocfs /compat/linux/proc > with this done rebuild. > > After this I still have the same problem building openoffice-1.1 which then > builds the Java. I Have Linux Compatibility 7.1 installed and loaded kldstat > shows it. Any other advice besides giving up on openoffice for FreeBSD? Looks like you've already checked all the things I would have suggested. One option is to download a package off the OpenOffice.org site and install that ... the only difficulty there is finding the older dependent packages and getting them installed first. I should really do a "make package" on my setup and submit it to the OpenOffice.org folks ... -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.688 / Virus Database: 449 - Release Date: 18/05/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.688 / Virus Database: 449 - Release Date: 18/05/2004