Linux-Hams archive - July 1998: Re: linux/fbb
Re: linux/fbb
John Daniel Bird (EEST)
Fri, 3 Jul 1998 01:41:33 +1000 (EST)
>Greetings John:
>
>I emphasize that I am no authority but I have been fidgeting with
>LINUX and XFBB and have successfully installed and am running it
>experimentally. (I still run our Club packet BBS under the MS-DOS OS
>for several reasons).
>
>As near as I can determine, segmentation violations are indicators of
>some bothersome code in the program. I am NOT a programmer and don't
>have the talent to debug so I keep plugging along with newer versions
>of the program till it works. I currently use version xd700g18 (the
>daemon version) that installed, configured and runs successfully. I
>had previous problems myself with segmentation violations in the
>console connect program but that has been remedied in the g18 version.
>While I tried several installs and configuration tweaking, there was
>no getting rid of the segmentation violation. My conclusion was to
>forget it and go with a more current version.
>
>I have also installed and successfully run the x11 version x700g09.
>
>You might try the latest version of XFBB to see if that solves the
>problem.
>
>You don't mention the LINUX kernel version you are using - I am using
>the second to last stable version 2.0.33.
>
>Good luck.
>
>73 - Larry, VE3LWC
>
Hi there Larry
Still getting nowehere but still trying.
Tried the above xd700g18.tgz but there seemed insufficient file when I
untarred same.Tried another down load with the same result - what and where
I am going wrong.
John
73's and "Have a G'day" John
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