Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:55:12 -0500 (CDT) From: "David L. Vondrasek" <david@davidv.net> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, rneswold@mcs.net Subject: Re: WindowMaker ports... Message-ID: <199810130557.AAA03630@ns1.davidv.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.4.02.9810130916070.1966-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz>
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On 12-Oct-98 Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Richard M. Neswold wrote: > >> Now back to the original poster's problem (which I am also >> experiencing): >> windowmaker installs fine, but it gives a SIGBUS when it runs. I >> recompiled >> the port with debug information, generated another core file and tried >> to >> see where it failed. Unfortunately, the stack frame gave a bunch of >> ??s >> which didn't help. Anyone else have this problem? > > You have to build Windowmaker from the sources at ftp.windowmaker.org. > The libraries for libPropList have changed, and if you use the wrong > ones you get really strange bus-errors/seg-faults. > > Using the ports-system to update Windowmaker is almost impossible 'cos > the sources for Windowmaker change on a fortnightly basis! > > Just ftp the sources, unpack, and *then* unpack libPropList.tar.gz, > configure/make it; then configure/make Windowmaker. > > I've got 0.20.1 running fine on my 2.2.7-R box. THANKS !!!!!!! Followed these directions and I'm up and running ! Once again the list comes though. ..NOW... were to locate all these app the menu wants :) --- Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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