From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 12 14:29:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA15847 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 14:29:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA15825 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 14:29:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberte@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.8.5/8.8.4) id XAA01244; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 23:29:16 +0100 (MEZ) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199711122229.XAA01244@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: Re: ELF binary type not known In-Reply-To: from Doug White at "Nov 12, 97 12:23:12 pm" To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 23:29:15 +0100 (MEZ) Cc: uzsv2k@uni-bonn.de, questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk It was Doug White who wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Philipp Reichmuth wrote: > > I tried to install the linux_lib 2.4, and it tries to run the Linux > > ldconfig (ldconfig, I think) at the end of the make install process. > > When it tries to do this, it says "ELF: binary type not known, signal 6: > > ignored". The make install completes OK, though. > > Make sure you're loading the Linux LKM through /etc/rc.conf. You may need > to run `brandelf -t Linux ldconfig' to have FreeBSD grok the emulation > properly. The options COMPAT_LINUX / LINUX_COMPAT are no longer needed, > thankfully. Has anybody cooked a hack to avoid branding for a default type of ELF binaries ? Like some sysctl to set the default e.g. to Linux to say "if it's ELF and you didn't find a type, assume Linux". (Just to be able to install directly from CD.) I looked in /sys/kern/imgact_elf.c but found no clue. TIA, Robert -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de