Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 11:47:03 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com> To: support@ardi.com Cc: Executor Mailing-List <executor@ardi.com>, FreeBSD Chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Using Executor with FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960212113834.6447D-100000@starfleet.gov>
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I just thought I'd pass along the following hints 'n tips in using Executor in a FreeBSD environment. First of all, it IS possible. The FreeBSD Linux emulation code, even the 2.0.5 version, is more than adequate to run it. 2.1 is quite good for me. CURRENT/SNAP/STABLE/etc. versions are probably even better. Unfortunately, the Linux sound support doesn't work. But that's just about the only thing that doesn't. Since the FreeBSD console driver does not work at all with Linux SVGALIB, the SVGALIB version of Executor doesn't run, even if you have the svgalib shared library installed. Several error messages are generated, that can be safely ignored. They are mainly annoyances. Here are the messages that can be ignored: syslog() not supported (BSD sigreturn) LINUX: 'ioctl' fd=6, typ=0x53(S), num=0xb not implemented LINUX: 'ioctl' fd=13, typ=0x450(P), num=0xa not implemented You will need to install the "bash" shell (it's available as part of the FreeBSD packages/ports collection). It installs into /usr/local/bin, but Executor expects it to be in /bin. A simple symlink will suffice, though. As root, type: ln -s /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/bash Even though bash is installed, Executor still needs to have the "type" command. It needs this program in order to support printing directly to a printer. If it can't run it, it will just print to a file in /tmp. Why doesn't the bash built-in "type" command get executed? This is because Executor doesn't specifically run the bash shell to execute it, but instead it runs the standard shell "sh". In Linux, this is no problem, since sh is usually a link to bash anyway. But, FreeBSD uses the real Bourne shell, which does not have the "type" command built-in. So, what I did is wrote a simple shell script to emulate it. Put this script anywhere in your path (/usr/local/bin/type is where I stuck it), and make sure it's executable (chmod 755 type). #!/bin/sh exec bash -c "type $*" And this is it. The program works flawlessly with these modifications. (Even without them, the program still worked, although printing directly to a printer didn't work, and some odd error messages from the /bin/sh shell were displayed). I once again wish to thank the Executor team for a GREAT product, and the FreeBSD team for a GREAT OS. Keep up the good work, all of you! Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 / FAX 564-2315 / WWW http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/2072 PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or on Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. **help
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