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Subject: Re: ELF and linux emulator problem...
In-Reply-To: <199712041329.OAA20679@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from Luigi Rizzo at "Dec 4, 97 02:29:47 pm"
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In reply to Luigi Rizzo who wrote:

Have you tried "brandelf'ing" the binaries ??

> While was trying the linux (ELF) demo of mathematica, it was giving me
> the following message on startup:
> 
>     # ./mathematica
>     ELF binary type not known
>     Abort trap
> 
> I have the linux_mod.o installed:
> 
> 	prova# modstat
> 	Type     Id Off Loadaddr Size Info     Rev Module Name
> 	MISC      0   0 f72c3000 0008 f72c4000   1 star_saver_mod
> 	EXEC      1   4 f72ea000 001c f72f0010   1 linux_mod
> 
> and I can successfully run rvplayer 5.0 (linux version) which is
> an ELF binary as well. Running "file" on both programs gives the
> same answer:
> 
> 	prova# file rvplayer
> 	rvplayer: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1
> 
> So I am wondering where the error message comes from. Either there are
> different versions/types of ELF files, or there is some of the exec*
> calls which is not aware of the presence of the linux emulator ?
> 
> This is on a 2.2.1 system.
> 
> 	Thanks
> 	Luigi
> -----------------------------+--------------------------------------
> Luigi Rizzo                  |  Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
> email: luigi@iet.unipi.it    |  Universita' di Pisa
> tel: +39-50-568533           |  via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy)
> fax: +39-50-568522           |  http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/
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> 


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Søren Schmidt               (sos@FreeBSD.org)               FreeBSD Core Team
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