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From: Manmathan Muthukumarapillai <mannan@mjolner.dk>
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Subject: Re: Beta on Linux trouble
Date: 10 Dec 1998 19:21:53 -0000
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Dear Phil Malin,

Here is a cut-and-paste from the FAQ:

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* Lx04) Using the Mjølner System with RedHat 5 and other glibc 2 based
Linux-systems.

This is intended for people using the Mjølner System, release 4.1, with
RedHat 5 and other glibc 2 based systems.

What are the symptoms of the problem:

  1. The linking phase of the compiler fails.
  2. The tools (Sif, Frigg, ..) will not start: they core-dump immediately.

To correct the problems, do the following four steps:

  1. Set the enviroment variable libXm_PATH: libXm_PATH should refer to the
     directories where the libXm libraries are loacated. If you use the
     lesstif package included on the Mjølner System r4.1 CD-ROM then it
     should be:

             <INSTALL_PATH_FOR_LESSTIF>/lib

     e.g. /usr/local/lesstif/lib. If you use a motif or another lesstif
     installation then point it to where the libXm libraries are installed.
  2. Create two empty object files crtbegin.o and crtend.o and place them
     inside /usr/lib/. You can do it in the following way:

             echo "manmathan1 () {}\n" > crtbegin.c
             echo "manmathan2 () {}\n" > crtend.c
             gcc -c crtbegin.c crtend.c
             mv crtbegin.o crtend.o /usr/lib/

  3. Set the enviroment variable BETALINKOPTIONS to:

        -L/usr/X11/lib -L$libXm_PATH -m elf_i386 -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -dc -dp -Bstatic -X

     From bash:

         export BETALINKOPTIONS="-L/usr/X11/lib -L$libXm_PATH -m elf_i386 -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -dc -dp -Bstatic -X"

     From tcsh:

         setenv BETALINKOPTIONS="-L/usr/X11/lib -L$libXm_PATH -m elf_i386 -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -dc -dp -Bstatic -X"

  4. Edit the two environment configuration scripts located in the
     ~beta/configuration folder by commenting out the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
     settings by typing a #-sign in front:
     in env.sh, line 171
     in env.csh, line 190

Please email any problems to: support@mjolner.dk
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Very sorry for the late reply.


Sincerely,

Manmathan Muthukumarapillai / Mjolner Informatics
(mannan@mjolner.dk)

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Phil Malin wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I've recently downloaded the personal edition of Beta for Linux and am
> having trouble getting it going.  I'm trying to compile the
> HelloWorld.bet example and get the following compiler output:
> 
> ----
> 
> [whitedove]/usr/home/psm/src/beta% beta HelloWorld.bet 
> Mjolner BETA Compiler version 5.3(4) for Linux (Intel
> 386/486/586/Pentium) (elf)
> Target machine type linux
> Building dependency graph for: 'HelloWorld' ...
> Translating fragments ...
> Linking
> Object program on file: HelloWorld
> shell-init: could not get current directory: 
> job-working-directory: could not get current directory: (T
> @(T
> @
> job-working-directory: could not get current directory: (T
> @(T
> @
> [whitedove]/usr/home/psm/src/beta% 
> 
> ----
> 
> It does produce an executable but when I run it it core dumps.  If
> I compile with the --static flag it produces the same output as above
> but it works ok.  Has anyone else had this happen?
> 
> One thing that happened, though, is originally it couldn't find the
> crtbegin.o or crtend.o files in /usr/lib.  I created soft links in
> this directory to where they did exist,
> 
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.7.2.3/crtxxxxx.o
> 
> I'm really not sure about the ramifications of doing this.  Has anyone
> got any suggestions?  Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Phil Malin, Senior Systems Engineer
> Research and Technology Group, Melbourne IT
> 207 Bouverie St, Carlton, Victoria, Australia 3053
> ph : +61-3-9344-9379       fax: +61-3-9347-9473