Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:33:16 -0800 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Andrew Gallatin" <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: SOLVED - Linux_Base Port - Any Workarounds? Message-ID: <015b01c2a22e$7705cf60$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> References: <013801c2a216$5daca150$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> <15864.59185.414664.544704@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Gallatin" <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 11:44 AM > > Drew Tomlinson writes: > > The linux_base port is broken for Alpha. I saw some email here a while > > ago about this. I just tried again today but no luck. Are there any > > workarounds to get it to build? It fails when the linux kernel module > > tries to load and fails. Any help appreciated as I would like to run > > the Linux Netscape browser and try the Linux versions of RealPlayer. > > > > There is no linux netscape browser for alpha. The alpha netscape > is for Tru64 (aka osf1). > > Anyway, as was disscussed here, you need to load the osf kernel module > before loading the linux kernel module: > > # kldload osf1 > # kldload linux > # cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base > # make install Thank you very much!!! I did search but apparently I missed the "osf1" module requirement. With osf1 loaded, does that mean that most things for Tru64 will work? > Also, put osf1_enable="YES" as well as linux_enable="YES" in > /etc/rc.conf so that the module are loaded when the system reboots. Done. Thanks again! Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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