On Thu, 27 Aug 98 13:33:44 -0600, Jeff Woolley wrote:
> 
> I'm running NetBSD 1.3 (GENERIC) #56 on a SE/30 with 32MB RAM.
> 
> What is the best way to install software? I want to get GhostScript 
> working with my HP Desk Writer.

I'm not sure if HP DW driver's built in, but you could install the GS
precompiled binary pkg.  It is found at:

ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.3.2/m68k/All/ghostscript-5.10.tgz

You can directly install it by specifying this URL as the argument to
pkg_add command.  Ur, wait.  Since you're running 1.3, this binary
might have trouble running on your system though I'm not sure it will.

> In an attempt to install GhostScript I type
> 	
> 	   cd /usr/pkgsrc/print/ghostscript5
>    	make
> 
> After downloading, while the script is extracting some of the files, I 
> get the following
> 
>    	gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
> 	   /usr/bin/tar: child returned status 1
> 	
> Was something not extracted properly?

Quite likely, yes.  It may be safer to redownload the distfile.

> During the compile of GhostScript, the machine crashed.
> 
>     panic: cleaned vnode isn't stopped at _Debugger+0x6: unlk a6
>     db>trace
>     _Debugger(0,8b7ccc,3f6b4,3f59c,3f58e) + 6
>     _panic(3f58e,6c43380,0,408) + 40
>     _getnewvnode(1,6c0ee00,6bf9200,8b7d0c) + e0
>     _ffs_vget(6c0ee00,2443,8b7d90) 60
>     _ufs_lookup(8b7e00) a46
>     _lookup(8b7e9c) + 23e
>     _namei(8b7e9c) + 152
>     _sys___lstat13(6c3a200,8b7f88,8b7f80) + 2c
>     _syscall(118) + 13e
>     _trap0() + e
>     db>
> 
> What happened?

I'm not sure but this is weird...  The panic message isn't even
complete.  However, if fsck after reboot finds nothing wrong with your
filesystem, it's probably OK.

Hope this helps,

Ken