Subject: Re: SysV shared memory?
To: Jonathan Gapen <jagapen@students.wisc.edu>
From: mjbedy <mjbedy@Oakland.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 04/06/1998 03:26:20
  This is not SysVshared memory, it's the MIT Xwindows shared memory
extention. For somereason, the X server pukes when a client requests it.
Try looking for a commandline option to turn it off.

  - Mike

On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, Jonathan Gapen wrote:

>     This mailinglist has been a big help.  With all the good information I've
> read, I've been able to get 1.3.1 installed and running on my pmax with a big,
> new disk so it runs all the stuff I require of it.  It even runs X now, which
> I wasn't expecting, but hey.  :-)
>     Anyway, just for kicks, I tried to compile xanim with the NetBSD package
> system.  It installed and compiled fine, but bombs out because (according to
> ktrace) the shmget syscall wasn't implemented.  I added the "options SYSVSHM"
> line to my config file and compiled another kernel.  After rebooting with the
> new kernel, xanim still bombs out because of the same problem.  Does
> NetBSD/pmax not support SysV shared memory calls?  I don't see any mention of
> it in the FAQ or projects list, and xanim isn't listed as requiring any
> particular architechture.
>     BTW, a couple of other packages (xv and guavac) fail to compile because of
> linker problems.  Are the other ports going to catch up with more recent
> toolchains to rectify this sort of problem with the package system?
> 
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