From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 29 11:59:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 419DF106566B; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:59:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from redbull.bpaserver.net (redbullneu.bpaserver.net [213.198.78.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E24168FC16; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:59:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p54A55938.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.89.56]) by redbull.bpaserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 564232E271; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:59:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from deskjail (unknown [192.168.1.109]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79ED2A0BBB; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:57:53 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=Leidinger.net; s=outgoing-alex; t=1206791873; bh=t65XQV8kdqkY4ruh8du/FpLp574FNmm/h NTgbAUbB5o=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To: References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Eyk0yo6BujEPkcouVRyo3xyX+m9M5weJA7qMN0Y3c5n470bb+usgfxnCj3X3hMPTC 3U8xu+43yYtGRUpX0UQIbs6D12dmkjO3D4cRe6c57qBlJIubmxCA6rrBuIKhtm3Zuy1 NtXXA3BxEYNVPTDi8g2MxDUbT/biyCP/VPCqUdARamuXw98rZQzB86H2/iuqFhoUvTv OUAu8v+owXjYsLq8G89UPhyrww1mqjk30KoZ44Ix/A7cFJHVUASBquAJlXNN59w2ewq I+/eMltA2YKuVzftSm7BLUB71DO2T1KRV/EXd/oYIqLSBABz+m/G8JX2N0sj79147Y1 a1sfjo6gw== Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:56:15 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Beech Rintoul , "Siju George" Message-ID: <20080329125615.435bb2cc@deskjail> In-Reply-To: <200803281704.14203.beech@freebsd.org> References: <200803281704.14203.beech@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i686-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BPAnet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-BPAnet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BPAnet-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, ORDB-RBL, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-14.4, required 6, BAYES_00 -15.00, DKIM_SIGNED 0.00, DKIM_VERIFIED -0.00, NO_RDNS 0.50, RDNS_DYNAMIC 0.10) X-BPAnet-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: error installing linux emulator- linux_base-fc6-6_5 linuxulator is not (kld)loaded. X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:59:30 -0000 Quoting Beech Rintoul (Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:04:08 -0800): > On Friday 28 March 2008, Siju George said: > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 4:43 AM, Siju George > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > How do i fix this error? > > > ==================================== > > > freebsdsrv# pwd > > > /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-fc6 > > > freebsdsrv# make install clean > > > ===> linux_base-fc6-6_5 linuxulator is not (kld)loaded. Why do you want to install this manually instead of depending on the default? If you don't have the documented need for this, you should just install the linux program you need from ports, as it will install a good linux base for you. > > How do I fix this? > > If you had read UPDATING you would see to do: > > sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 > > Add: > > compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to /etc/sysctl.conf That's only half of the solution, he also needs to override the default setting in make.conf to not get into dependency trouble. Ideally this information is also available in UPDATING... Bye, Alexander. -- The algorithm to do that is extremely nasty. You might want to mug someone with it. -- M. Devine, Computer Science 340 http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137