From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 12 12:17:01 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A913C9E3 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:17:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eu1sys200aog129.obsmtp.com (eu1sys200aog129.obsmtp.com [207.126.144.200]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 05CF7EB4 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:17:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f180.google.com ([209.85.212.180]) (using TLSv1) by eu1sys200aob129.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP ID DSNKVQGDogVA02jDlNhXPCuTasn54fE4Tm5w@postini.com; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:17:01 UTC Received: by wiwl15 with SMTP id l15so47139021wiw.4 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 05:16:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:message-id:to:subject:reply-to; bh=4mLXgCHBzkKxZwwpvRepdoVSyatZWJnzefBCprroLf4=; b=AbclEg6kKcpamVzrvvPGS5apNap4qtVjEYIGCs59LvZmQ6xX4Ssg6bYVsRIU2RtKJx 9vtMPT7e/DcX4rnGYnU9JDpn2RYZVCrDYKSjOUsT91mR82pfRDm2z1FB4lYRIJWAHJOY Ug7Wb8eNvxweRLMWGAiNsUQLvekzOJPJLnQcv0gqy7/KEvDx6LTjANHnoQIjUaYrHhhn fvzHvbj1+PTBA4Jv0chLH51DtLuAjKVeyVHsdr2AlIJb7vVRP87kZpx7UFCxXuq2mAEv 22o3SUFNDG5vssQ/0kUAGhb8rIp75pjzkSBzDvSiNkUfXazTMDYT8fyaUR2nrqRgwejy b6oA== X-Received: by 10.194.59.199 with SMTP id b7mr87675810wjr.26.1426161130499; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:52:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmLbasbX38YyR/U1x5z+5mGYPNeRyk4jIWmTw1fDHwlu8aXO4ph+EriOrGiZfYfc0+041A/R+lRos7DjEiDFNjSrqohIEvS4puHVxOxbZOhngLDWIDd4bgXEELnBNXB5RiACYUbM4kAOZ6ev9FJSfaljNPyvw== X-Received: by 10.194.59.199 with SMTP id b7mr87675788wjr.26.1426161130356; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:52:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk (misc-users-pat-19-131.isys.bris.ac.uk. [137.222.19.131]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id cn10sm10346781wib.15.2015.03.12.04.52.09 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:52:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:52:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Original-Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:52:08 GMT Received: from mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t2CBq8fw054189 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:52:08 GMT (envelope-from mexas@mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t2CBq8ku054188 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:52:08 GMT (envelope-from mexas) From: Anton Shterenlikht Message-Id: <201503121152.t2CBq8ku054188@mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: <118>sysctl: unknown oid 'sysctl compat.linux.osrelease' at line 11: No such file or directory Reply-To: mexas@bris.ac.uk X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:17:01 -0000 I'm still trying to figure out why flash wouldn't work on this particular laptop. I see this error/warning: $ sysctl -a | grep "compat.linux.os" <118>sysctl: unknown oid 'sysctl compat.linux.osrelease' at line 11: No such file or directory compat.linux.osname: Linux compat.linux.osrelease: 2.6.18 compat.linux.oss_version: 198144 I don't understand what it means. $ grep linux /etc/sysctl.conf compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18 This is correct, right? I copied this from $ grep osrelease /usr/ports/UPDATING| grep 18 compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18 compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18 # sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18 Please advise Thanks Anton