On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Rob wrote: > > > > Whatever you were trying to run there, you've got the wrong > > binaries. a.out is an old binary format used in the Linux 1.2 > > and earlier days. > > > > I copied all the binaries and subdirectories from XF86.org release 4.3 to a > cd (took about 2 hours). These are the wrong binaries? There are 3 sets of Linux binaries, each for the different generations of C libraries. You'll want to use the ones that matches the version of your /lib/libc-X.X.so. Which libc do you have? Mark. > > copied Xinstall.sh (from the common subdirectory) to a temporary directory > under root (/root/jrmtemp). > > ran: sh Xinstall.sh -check from that temporary directory. > > Got an error message saying I needed "extract" or "extract.exe" in the same > directory. > > found "extract" in one of the "linux-ix86-glibc2x" subdirectories (I think > it was 23, I see now that "extract" is a different size in each of the > subdirectories.) > > reran: sh Xinstall.sh -check > > got the a.out message, called for help. > > Thanks! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Vojkovich <mvojkovi@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Rob <rmckibbe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <rob.mckibben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 3:39 AM > Subject: Re: [XFree86] mandrake 8.1, brand new nvidia gforce, XFree86 > 4.3,..."a.out" > > > > On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Rob wrote: > > > > > "object format is a.out" > > > "a.out no longer supported" > > > > Whatever you were trying to run there, you've got the wrong > > binaries. a.out is an old binary format used in the Linux 1.2 > > and earlier days. > > > > > > Mark. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
