Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 06:44:23 -0500 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "RexFelis" <catlord17@yahoo.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problems compiling KDE3 because of libmng - part 2 Message-ID: <004d01c2ef9f$38248070$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <20030321044602.11499.qmail@web40410.mail.yahoo.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "RexFelis" <catlord17@yahoo.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 11:46 PM Subject: Problems compiling KDE3 because of libmng - part 2 > Hello, > > Not long ago I wrote in about my attempt to > compile KDE3 from ports failing during libmng > build. The advice I was given was, stick with > the STABLE tree (I was using 5.0) and try "make > index" from /usr/ports. > > I decided to install 4.7 STABLE,and try again. > The first time, I installed all possible > distributions, and then after updatuing src and > ports through cvsup, I did a "pkg_delete *" and > then "make install" for XFree86 (which always > works fine) and KDE3. > > KDE3 failed building libmng again. So I tried > reinstalling, this time without installing any > packages (custom install, only base, ports, src > and docs/man), theorizing that perhaps the > problem was files left behind by pkg_delete. > Once again, even with an up to date src and > ports, and having done a "make index" after > update, the build fails during build of libmng. > > Ok, so I have determined that the problem is not > version specific, and that it is not caused by > incomplete uninstall of packages. I have used > script to record the error output, but this > brings me to my next problem - no matter what I > do, I can't get FreeBSD to mount a dos floppy, > which I would use to save the script output for > mailing in with my problem under a different OS. Why not install KDE3 from packages? This will save you a ton of headaches trying to compile. > "The Complete FreeBSD", OnLamp, and the handbook > have done little to help with this problem. > I have tried "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy" > (and yes, I did create a /floppy dir first), and > the response is this: > > msdos: /dev/fd0: invalid argument Does 'device fdc0' and 'device fd' appear in your kernel config file? Do you see a floppy drive being detected at boot (look at dmesg to see) Is your floppy drive enabled in your BIOS? Is your floppy drive cabled properly? (The last 2 are from personal experience.) > I have tried "mount /dev/fd0 /floppy", which > returns > > mount: /dev/fd0 on /floppy: incorrect superblock Expected, since your floppy disk is most likely not a FreeBSD-formatted floppy. > I attempted using mtools, as built from ports, > whic returned an error because I am not using > Linux emulation. > > Upon deciding to install Linux Base from ports, I > came to the question, "Which one?" Linux Base, > or Linux Base 6? linux_base, unless you have a specific reason for using linux_base_6. > The system I am using is a Cyrix MII 266 MMX > processor, 192 megs of RAM, a 40 gig hard disk, 5 > gigs allocated for FreeBSD, and 1 gig swap. If I > left anything out, please let me know. > > If I can get a floppy mounted, I can mail in the > script output, and hopefully, I can get KDE3 to > finish compiling. Please help. Thanks in > advance. > > Shannon -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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