[ale] NetsRAPE crash X.

[Steven A. DuChene]

> 
> Steven A. Duchene wrote:
> > 
> > What version and type of netscape binary did you install? ELF or a.out?
> 

Andy replied:
> ELF I dont even think th A.out would load or run on an ELF system Will it?
> 

Well it all depends on whether you have the additional libraries on your
system and what you ld.so.conf file is setup to point to. Do you have
a /usr/i486-linuxaout directory or is there something listed in your
/etc/ld.so.conf file that points to something other than /lib, /usr/lib,
/usr/local/lib, /usr/X11R6/lib, /usr/openwin/lib, or other normal library
locations? As you can see from the following ldd output the a.out version
of netscape-1.11N is linked against just libc

sduchene:~# ldd `which netscape`
        libc.so.4 (DLL Jump 4.5pl26) => /lib/libc.so.4.7.6

however my ELF copy of netscape-3.0b4 is linked dynamically against quite
a bit more

sduchene:~# ldd `which netscape_3.0`
        libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6.0
        libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6.0
        libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6.0
        libXmu.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6.0
        libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.7
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.1
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6.1
        libdl.so.1 => /lib/libdl.so.1.7.14
        libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5.3.12

Since I have both ELF and a.out libraries on my system I am able to run either
one.

Also in a previous letter I suggested the following:
>         The second method of getting back into your system involves accessing
> it via a serial port or telneting into it over a network. Once your in you
> can try killing off the Xserver or just rebooting the system.

Andy replied:
> But I cant dial into the system 'cause for some reason I have to disable uugetty on
> on the serial port inorder to get ppp-on to dial(it tries then quits before dialing).
> no network connection besides the internet at that time and cant get in through there.

As I'm sure Dave Ritchie could tell you, there are more ways than through a modem to
access your system using the serial ports. You could run a getty against another
serial port in case you needed to get into your system. A simple null modem cable and
your laptop would be enough to get you in.

BTW, I am still running a uugetty against my modem as well as connecting to mindspring
without any problems. Perhaps you need to look into the options you are using for your
uugetty defaults.
-- 
Steven A. DuChene   Linux Weenie!  http://www.mindspring.com/~sduchene

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