Trouble With Linux Compatibility

Roman Divacky rdivacky at freebsd.org
Sun Nov 9 13:33:10 PST 2008


On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 12:41:28PM -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> I have never used linux compatibility before.  I followed the 
> instructions from the handbook and have the linux kernel module loaded, 
> a procfs filesystem mounted, and linux_base-fc4 and additional libraries 
> installed.
> 
> urchin# kldstat
> Id Refs Address            Size     Name
> 1   11 0xffffffff80100000 6a85c8   kernel
> 2    1 0xffffffff807a9000 20220    geom_mirror.ko
> 3    2 0xffffffffb04b7000 17b8a    linux.ko
> 4    1 0xffffffffb051f000 3457     linprocfs.ko
> 
> urchin# df -h
> Filesystem            Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/mirror/gm0s1a    496M    243M    213M    53%    /
> devfs                 1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /dev
> /dev/mirror/gm0s1d    224G    7.7G    198G     4%    /usr
> linprocfs             4.0K    4.0K      0B   100%    /usr/compat/linux/proc
> 
> urchin# portversion -v | grep linux
> linux-expat                 =  up-to-date with port
> linux-fontconfig            =  up-to-date with port
> linux-glib2                 =  up-to-date with port
> linux-openmotif             =  up-to-date with port
> linux-xorg-libs             =  up-to-date with port
> linux_base-fc4              =  up-to-date with port
> 
> I am trying to install a linux rpm of Legato Networker Backup Client.  
> However I get these errors:
> 
> urchin# rpm -i --dbpath /var/lib/rpm --root /compat/linux --test 
> lgtoclnt-7.3.4-1.i686.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:

I suggest you chroot into the linuxulator first.... 


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