Subject: Re: bad system call in Linux version of Realplayer7 (i386)
To: Zach Fine <zach@xdsl014.serv.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/26/2000 10:10:29
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 09:57:34AM -0700, Zach Fine wrote:
> I've been trying to run Realplayer7, which I've attempted to install
> via the package system (pkgsrc/audio/realplayer7), and have run into a
> "bad system call" and a core dump every time it begins to attempt to
> play a realaudio file.
>
> I'm running NetBSD 1.4.2 (could that be the problem?) and am running a
> kernel compiled with COMPAT_LINUX defined.
I use RealPlayer 7 under NetBSD-1.5_ALPHA2 just fine. A lot of additional
system calls were added to Linux emulation.
BTW, ktrace(1) is better for determining the cause of a bad syscall :-)
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>