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>