Subject: Re: startmol >=.56 locks machine hard [was Re: Improved 9.1 support]
From: Samuel Rydh (samuel@ibrium.se)
Date: Sat Apr 07 2001 - 14:55:34 MDT
On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 01:29:29PM -0700, phandel@cise.ufl.edu wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Samuel Rydh wrote:
>
> > >I DL'd it and it compiled fine. I fired it up and was told it was
> > >trying to patch the kernel...
> > >
> > >It locked my box. HARD. Dead. I had to hit the reset button!
> >
> > Had you run any previous version of MOL earlier? Under 2.2
> > you should reboot linux before running the new version
> > (to get rid of the old runtime patching stuff).
> >
> > Also, did you compile against the right kernel headers?
>
> I rsync'ed linuxppc_2_4 from penguinppc.org::linux-2.4-bk ( with a slight
> patch to work around the missing process_bridge_ranges function), then
> rsync'ed your zorn.theophys.kth.se::mol tree into a new directory, did a
> make libimport, make, make install, and startmol. It locks up the machine
> hard at the GC 80800000 stage.
>
> I then tried the same mol with 2.4.2 (which worked with mol a week or so
> ago), same hang. I also grabbed the .56 2.4 rpm, and it had the same
> problem.
>
> This is on a PowerCenter Pro 210Mhz 604e with 224MB RAM. I'm including my
> /etc/molrc for good measure.
>
Are you sure you recompiled MOL using the correct kernel headers?
If not, MOL *will* cause a panic. In particular, the prebuilt
version will only run on 2.4.3-pre8 or later.
/Samuel
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