Not sure which list this should go to, so if I'm in error feel free to
point me in the right direction.
I was wondering if anyone has had any luck running CompuPic
(http://linux.compupic.com) under FreeBSD? It's an excellent image viewer
that can do some basic file management as well. Along with Agent, it's one
of the few good apps available for Windoze, and I was excited when I heard
there was a free *NIX version available.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get it to run. I'm not in FreeBSD
right now so I'm working from memory, but I had some trouble with the
install process (it is obviously not as portable as they'd have you
believe). I seem to recall setting $UID and installing bash, but the
script still bombed after it was installed. Then I had to brandelf it. I
tried both "Linux" and "FreeBSD" branding and one was working better than
the other though I don't recall which. End result: It starts to load,
brings up a splash screen, and exits. I do recall it leaving messages on
the console but forget which signal it was dying with. I can get more info
if it's wanted but first I'm just asking if anyone else has either had
better luck than I.
Here's a quote from the website:
"CompuPic is highly portable, and Photodex intends to support as many
target platforms as possible over time. CompuPic for Linux (and UNIX) is
available as a statically linked executable with no library dependencies
whatsoever. You need only a Linux or UNIX kernel to run CompuPic.
CompuPic has been tested with major Linux and BSD distributions and had no
distribution specific issues.
If you represent a hardware manufacturer or Linux/UNIX distribution
publisher, you can contact Paul Schmidt to discuss Photodex's development
plans for a specific platform.
Paul Schmidt
VP Technology
Photodex Corporation
1106 Clayton Lane #200W
Austin, TX 78723
(512) 406-3061 - voice
(512) 452-6825 - fax
[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
They seem to make a point of saying "Linux/UNIX" and not referring to all
of *NIX OS's as "Linux", even going so far as to mention BSD once. I was
therefor a bit surprised when the binary wouldn't run on FreeBSD. I wonder
if The Powers That Be would be interested in pursuing the last sentence there?
FYI: My system is SMP 4.0-CURRENT from a day or two ago, XFree86 3.3.3.4
from packages, KDE-1.1 from packages, Linux emu running, etc. As far as my
FreeBSD proficiency, lets just say I'm probably not the kind of person that
ought to be running -CURRENT :) so I don't think I'd be much help in
tracking down the problem (aside from being a guinea pig).
of course there also exists the possibility that I forgot to insert tab A
into slot B and CompuPic indeed runs perfectly in FBSD for everyone else..
and how did it get to be 3AM ? Ugh. well thanks to anyone who can
clue me in,
Tom Embt ICQ UIN: 11245398
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