From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 27 7:37:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from field.videotron.net (field.videotron.net [205.151.222.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 574CD37B402 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 07:37:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from windows ([24.201.83.93]) by field.videotron.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.12.14.10.29.p8) with ESMTP id <0GS70048N7DVYK@field.videotron.net> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 10:37:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 10:37:33 -0500 From: Sandro Mancuso Subject: Linux binary compatibility woes To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <000601c1bfa4$ac98a070$6400a8c0@windows> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Importance: Normal X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi folks, it seems I've stumbled onto a bit of a problem here. On a box I recently upgraded to 4.5 stable, I keep getting errors regarding this elf stuff (I'm completely lost when it comes to that stuff). =20 Example: FIREWALL /kernel: link_elf: symbol seminfo undefined I get this on startup, but it doesn't (seem to?) hinder anything I've done with it except when I tried to re-install Linux binary compatibility 7.1 (see below). =20 I also noticed that since this problem has appeared, lynx hasn't been working properly, occasionally freezing, though I can't say for sure its related... as I use this box to browse www less than sparingly. I also installed opera, a program dependent on the Linux binary compatibility of course, and it won't start, stating the following: Bash-2.05a$ opera ELF binary type "0" not known. Abort trap I've tried updating the ports via cvsup, uninstalling all Linux compatibility by deselecting in /stand/sysinstall (which gives me another problem I'll get to in a second) and reinstalling linux_base-7 via both sysinstall and by doing pkg_add linux_base-7 myself, both giving me that link_elf error I described earlier which I get on boot up. Furthermore, I have been unable to uninstall Linux base 6.1 from the machine, giving me an error, and telling me to see the debug window (I'm still relatively new to FreeBSD, I have no idea what/where this debug screen is). Since I've upgraded the ports collection, in sysinstall I have linux_base-6.1 twice, then linux_base7, where before I had 6.1, 6.2, and 7.1. After I uninstalled the version 7 I was never able to reinstall it, and it shows linux_base-6.1 being installed twice. Does anyone have any insight regarding what I can do to help me get out of this little circle I seem to be in (short of reformatting ;-)? That's about as much detail as I can provide, and after re-reading this myself I'm skeptical that it can be of any help, so if in need of any clarification, please don't hesitate Thanks in advance, Sandro To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message