Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:38:12 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: oddness with linux-emu and directory access Message-ID: <199811102138.NAA00756@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:24:47 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811101622590.370-100000@porkfriedrice.ny.genx.net>
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> > i'm noticing oddness when a linux emulated program tries to access files > > specifically: > Adobe acrobat reader seems to choke on bringing up it's file selection box > linux x11amp doesn't want to work properly > > it seems the apps are being forced into the /usr/compat/linux tree a bit > too agressivly? It's not "too aggressively"; it's a feature of the way that the directory substitution works. Graphical fileselectors are a little problematic, because they open the *directory*, so if the fileselector opens '/usr', it's going to get the linux-compat /usr, and there's not much you can do about that. Most of them let you type in a path, so you can "break out" of an area shadowed by the compatibility area. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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