Re: [Thinstation-general] ANNOUNCE: Links web browser back in
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From: Mike E. <km...@ma...> - 2004-02-29 13:37:57
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I see two possible problems: 1) The ramdisk must be 16384 kB, not 16378. As far as I know the size must be an integer multipla of the block size (4096 kB). 2) Are you *sure* you initrd is smaller than 16384 kB? If you add too much stuff in build.conf, you can break this limit. Keep it well below. I have a hard time to understand how Links possibly could course a kernel panic at that place in the boot process (except if it course the exceed of the initrd size limitation). Mike On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Master Abi wrote: > Hi Mike > > Using TS Beta6, yes added package links to build.conf after dillo, > builds fine, but on startup (using VIA 533) the thinstation logo > appears, the progress bar does not start but a kernel panic occurs. I am > using 16378 ramdisk. > > debug: > > Trying to move old root to /initrd ....failed > Unmounting old root > Trying to free ramdisk memory....failed > Freeing unused kernel memory: 96k freed > /sbin/init: relocation error: /lib/libc.so.6: symbol _dl_debug_impcalls, > version GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file ld-linux.so.2 with link time reference > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! > > I can see the initrd increases in size, but I do not make it to > blackbox. Any ideas? > > Master > > > Mike Eriksen wrote: > > > Whau - kernel panic!? Impressive... > > > > Ok, you DO have TS beta-6? > > > > And in build.conf added > > > > package links > > > > ?? (just put it after Dillo). It isn't enough just to add it in ts.conf.* > > > > Next, honestly I have only tried Links out with a Blackbox boot, not > > stand-alone. > > > > How do you try to use Links? > > > > Mike > > > > On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Master Abi wrote: > > > > > >>Downloaded the latest, > >> > >>Then 1, added links package > >> 2, added package links to thinstation.conf.network > >> 3, ./build > >> > >>Kernel panic. Am I doing somthing wrong > >> > >>Master > >> > >>Mike Eriksen wrote: > >> > >>>Hi everybody > >>> > >>>I've updated my Links web browser package to match beta-6. That means it > >>>will not work with beta-5 or earlier. > >>> > >>>Links supports: > >>> > >>>* HTML 4.0 support (except CSS) > >>>* HTTP 1.1 support > >>>* Tables and frames > >>>* SSL > >>>* Javascript support with full user control over script run > >>>* Background file downloads (FTP, passive or active) > >>> > >>>... and a lot more. > >>> > >>>Links is perfect for reading webmail directly from Thinstation! > >>> > >>>Links is somewhere between Dillo and Firefox - both in size and in > >>>capabilities. If you open Links with an empty page, it needs 2.8 MB RAM. > >>> > >>>Try it out if you think Dillo is too light and Firefox too fat. > >>> > >>>Mike > >> > > > -- Thinstation FAQ maintainer http://thinstation.sourceforge.net - a light, full featured linux based thin client OS |