Subject: Re: matlab core dump
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/11/2006 20:59:22
In article <20060411204502.GC8095@venture.starfleet>,
Lasse Kliemann  <lasse-list-netbsd-help-2005@plastictree.net> wrote:
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>I installed Matlab R14 SP3 using the howto and the patches 
>written by Hauke Fath. The system is NetBSD 3.0 stable. I 
>start Matlab with
>
>matlab -glnx86
>
>After that, I see the spash screen, after a while I get the 
>warning:
>
>Warning: Cannot convert string
>"-b&h-lucidasans-medium-r-normal-sans-*-140-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1" to type
>FontStruct
>
>and then a core dump. I so far assumed that the message about 
>the font is non-critical.
>
>mount says:
>
>ptyfs on /dev/pts type ptyfs (local)
>procfs on /usr/pkg/emul/linux/proc type procfs (local)
>kernfs on /kern type kernfs (local)
>/dev/raid0g on / type ffs (noatime, soft dependencies, local)
>
>The whole thing is inside of a chroot, and a access it via ssh (with X 
>forwarding).
>
>I did a ktrace on matlab, and the last lines are:

Is is /dev/ptmx and /dev/pts available inside the chroot?

christos