Chris Trainor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 19 Dec 1998, Steve Dunham wrote: > > > Is this problem kernel dependent, I don't see these problems on either > > the Ultra5 or SparcStation20 with the same programs and glibc, but I'm > > running 2.1.x on both machines.
> Ok, I just booted my SS5 up with 2.1.130 and I can run things again. > (dpkg, man, etc). I'm not surprised. Christian Meder pointed out the problem, for some reason the "sparc-sigaction" patch was not in the list of patches to be applied. I looked at the source and the patch only applies to 2.0.x kernels (and, perhaps, old 2.1.x kernels) - so I didn't notice the problem (except that I should have noticed that there wasn't a "patch-sparc-sigaction" file. I'm rebuilding it now, it should be ready in 5 hours. (I haven't timed it on an Ultra5, but I think it's under 5 hours.) I'll let you know when it's done. The new glibc should fix everything. The "libc6" package is the only thing touched by the patch, so you don't have to download everything. > The only problem with 2.1.130 on my machine, is it's not entirely stable. > :) That's unfortunate, the 2.1.x kernels are nice. Are you using the CVS kernel, or the "official" (torvald) one? I've always had better luck with cvs kernels. I hope they fix the problems you are having before 2.2.x). The 2.0.35 kernel doesn't boot on my Sparc20 (I suspect it's either the two graphics cards or the newer boot prom), so we're stuck using different kernels. I'll let you know when the compile is done. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
