Warly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mattias Dahlberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Hi, >> >> I discovered a strange thing when I tried to install the Loki game Rune on >> a beta3 installation. The game worked fine in Mandrake 8.1 and Redhat 7.2, >> but refused to start on Mandrake 8.2beta3 because of a missing "Core.so". >> >> As it turned out "Core.so" is a symlink, present in a directory called >> System on the Rune CD. But there's something about that symlink that beta3 >> doesn't like at all! It freaks out when I try to copy it and even when I >> just do an ls. Is there a known problem with symlinks on CD-ROMs? >> >> An ls gives "Cannot read symbolic link Core.so: Invalid argument". What >> happened between 8.1 and 8.2beta3 that caused this? >> >> And it's *not* just the Core.so symlink. In the same directory there's a >> symlink called "ucc", which behaves in the same way. > > Deactivate supermount for you CD.
[...] >> >> Can't guess much from that.. it seems that the kernel itself >> reports the invalid argument.. the suggestion of warly regarding >> supermount can be a good idea.. can't do more. > > Warly and Guillaume: Yes, it works if I disable supermount! [...] > I hope somehow this can be solved. Because if we're unlucky this affects > every Loki title out there (I only have Rune). This bug exists in supermount since 8.0, and even its rewritting has not change it. Do not know if our kernel team can do something. -- Warly
