Subject: Re: Newbie: Runtime Patch Failures
From: Hirotsugu Asari (asari@math.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 13 2001 - 12:08:58 MST
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>From: Richard Petty <techie@austin.rr.com>
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>Subject: Newbie: Runtime Patch Failures
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>After a six month hiatus, I've decided to give MOL a shot again.
>
>I'm running YDL 1.2.1, stock kernel, on a Lombard PowerBook with plenty of
>RAM and HD space.
>
>I got the copy of MOL that I'm trying to use from the LinuxPPC site. It is
>the most current version that I found that there does not require
>"libncurses.so.5", which I do not have.
>
>Here's what I'm seeing:
>
> [root@powerbook repetty]# startmol
> Mac-on-Linux 0.9.54, (C) 1997-2000 Samuel Rydh <samuel@ibrium.se>
> This kernel is NOT runtime patched
> Trying to apply MOL runtime patches.
> **** Examining '/boot/System.map' ****
> Discrepancy found, symbol value mismatch:
> c0008bb8 do_signal (c0008bf8)
> c000ad14 syscall_trace (c000ad7c)
> c0006d48 do_IRQ (c0006dd8)
> *** Failed applying the MOL-patches to the kernel ***
> *** Try 'startmol vmlinux' or 'startmol System.map' ***
>
>
>How is it possible to find a System.map inconsistancy in a system that I
>just set up yesterday?!!! We're talking FRESH, here!
Probably mol is not compiled against your particular kernel. Get .src.rpm and
try recompiling it afresh.
>
>
>Okay, when I try the alternate recommended commands I get this,
>consistently:
>
> [root@powerbook repetty]# startmol vmlinux
> Mac-on-Linux 0.9.54, (C) 1997-2000 Samuel Rydh <samuel@ibrium.se>
> This kernel is NOT runtime patched
> Trying to apply MOL runtime patches.
> *** Failed applying the MOL-patches to the kernel ***
> *** Try 'startmol vmlinux' or 'startmol System.map' ***
>
>
>This is as far as I got six months ago, too. I'm not dying to have MOL
>running, but I do desire it.
>
>I've checked over six months worth of mol-general archives and didn't find
>anything to help me. Short of compiling a new kernel (which I don't do),
>what's my next step to getting this puppy going?
>
>TIA,
>
>--Richard
> Austin, Texas
-- ASARI Hirotsugu // http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~asari/ Graduate Student/Teaching Assistant // mailto:asari@uiuc.edu
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