kernel panic while installing gnome2-fifth-toe

[Peter Grehan]

Hi Matthew,

> I apologize if this has already been answered; for some reason I can't
> search the mailing list:
> While running under root and trying to install the gnome2-fifth-toe 
> port, my
> system (7.0-20051206-SNAP - installed from the the "Latest 7.0 CURRENT ISO
> image" on the main FreeBSD/ppc site) panics at this line:
> 
> checking if the realpath function allows a NULL argument...
> 
> If I remember correctly the line has something to do with configuring 
> Samba.
> Also, prior to the kernel panic Samba configure was complaining about
> sys/mount.h, but I don't remember exactly what was wrong.
> Is there any way to get around this?

  Not that I know of. I'm guessing you were running X at the time so 
didn't get a panic.

  Would you be able to try the port install from a VTY shell without 
running X ? That should at least drop into ddb where you can issue a 
backtrace.

later,

Peter.