Subject: Re: Anyone got Acroread running?
To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 06/15/1999 10:06:27
I'll add a note to this effect to the NetBSD/alpha FAQ. Thanks.
David/absolute
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On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>
> Anders Magnusson writes:
> > I just tried to get Acroread running, but it got SIGSYS directly.
> > A little ktrace showed:
> >
> > 7513 acroread CALL obreak(0x14004a7c0)
> > 7513 acroread RET obreak 0
> > 7513 acroread CALL [-10]
> > 7513 acroread PSIG SIGSYS SIG_DFL
> > 7513 acroread NAMI "acroread.core"
> >
> > Ehum, syscall -10 doesn't feel quite normal. Is there anyone that can
> > interpret this? (or explain what is happening).
>
> This is one of those wacky Mach system calls.
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-current/src/sys/compat/osf1/README.mach-traps
> spells out the problem.
>
> In general, apps which are linked to libpthreads.so or libpthread.so
> tend to use mach system calls. Luckily, not many intersting apps are.
> Acroread is the only productivity app I've found so far which is.
>
> Drew
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