error installing linux emulator- linux_base-fc6-6_5 linuxulator is not (kld)loaded.

[Beech Rintoul]

On Friday 28 March 2008, Siju George said:
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 4:43 AM, Siju George <sgeorge.ml at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >  How do i fix this error?
> >  ====================================
> >  freebsdsrv# pwd
> >  /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-fc6
> >  freebsdsrv# make install clean
> >  ===>  linux_base-fc6-6_5 linuxulator is not (kld)loaded.
> >  *** Error code 1
> >
> >  Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-fc6.
> >  freebsdsrv#
> >  =====================================
> >
> >  Thanks
> >
> >  --Siju
>
> I did
>
> #kldload linux
>
> and now get this error
>
> ========================================
> freebsdsrv# pwd
> /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-fc6
> freebsdsrv# make install clean
> ===>  linux_base-fc6-6_5 compat.linux.osrelease: 2.4.2 is not
> supported. *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-fc6.
> freebsdsrv#
> ==============================================
>
> How do I fix this?

If you had read UPDATING you would see to do:

sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16

Add:

compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to /etc/sysctl.conf

Beech

> thanks
>
> Siju


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