Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 17:16:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: "Myron J. Mayfield" <nugent511@comcast.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/shm Message-ID: <20030707170812.B16756@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <3F08B199.3050409@comcast.net> References: <3F08B199.3050409@comcast.net>
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On Sun, 6 Jul 2003, Myron J. Mayfield wrote: > I attempted to install the linux java sapgui on FreeBSD 5.0, but the jar > file only unpacked part of it. I then copied the files from my Redhat 9 > machine. I linked up all the linux libraries needed and attempted to > start it. It gives me an error saying cant find /dev/shm. I tried > adding this to /dev but was unable to. Does anyone have any > information? Thank you. I am somewhat new to FreeBSD but have used > linux for Many years. /dev/shm is a holdover from the SYSV days. Doing some googling around, I think you can just make it a symlink to /tmp and it'll work, but I'd have to test this. I think it just wants something it thinks it can call ioctls against :) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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