Subject: Re: StarOffice working for NetBSD 1.5?
To: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
From: Jeff Rizzo <riz@boogers.sf.ca.us>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/23/2001 22:46:04
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 09:25:49PM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> In message <20010424031408.A22300@localhost>, Bernd Sieker writes:
> >
> >StarOffice 5.2 _works_ very well on NetBSD-1.5, it just won't install.
> >
> >Find a Linux box and install it there, then tar up the complete
> >StarOffice directory (e. g. /usr/local/office52) and unpack it on the
> >NetBSD machine, and it should just work. Of course you still need to
> >have the proper Linux emulation libraries installed.
> >
> >Be aware that for StarOffice 5.2 even 64 MB of RAM might not be enough
> >for smooth work. Better to have at least 128. I know this is insane
> >for an office package, but there it is.
> 
> Mumble.  I tried that -- and on my 1.5.1 BETA machine, it just dumps 
> core.
> 

Do you have /proc mounted?  It requires procfs...

+j

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