Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 22:37:45 -0600 (CST) From: Lars Eighner <eighner@io.com> To: Simon Burke <simon.burke@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 5.3: cant install openoffice 1.1 from ports Message-ID: <20041206222500.Y47485@goodwill.io.com> In-Reply-To: <2d7d2dd204120614235ca769f4@mail.gmail.com> References: <2d7d2dd204120614235ca769f4@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Simon Burke wrote: > I've recently done a fresh install of 5.3, i updated ports using cvsup > to install gnome2.8, which im using know, great. > > Problem is that it wont allow me to compile openoffice properly, i > cant give an error message as its about 7hrs in i get the message > and i've since made clean. I can't help you with the port, and perhaps no one can without some idea of the nature of the error. However, I can tell you something that will help you just about any time you need a record of an error message. Of course you can use script to record all the console stuff from every compile, but you probably won't do that, so assuming you compile at a virtual tty, do this: vidcontrol -PH < /dev/ttyv# > ~/save.txt where # is the number of the ttyv. -P dumps the video buffer in human readable form and -H makes it include the whole scrollback buffer, not just the visible screen. You can do this from the ttyv where the disaster occurred, but generally I switch to another one. Of course, you can make the filespec anything you want rather than ~/save.txt . Form the habit of doing this every time something goes wrong. It will make it much easier to get people to help you, to make bug reports, or to google for similar problem. > Does anyone know if it is broken? or how i can get an openoffice > release installed, as 1.0 is apparentlyu broken according to ports and > 1.1 wont compile sucessfully. -- Lars Eighner eighner@io.com -finger for geek code- http://www.io.com/~eighner/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266
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