Re: [Thinstation-general] ANNOUNCE: Links web browser back in

[Mike E. <km...@ma...>]

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
> >>
> > 
> 

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