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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!hookup!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!darum.uni-mannheim.de!andrew From: andrew@wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de (Andrew Wheadon) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: NetBSD: Can't run DT, system crashes, HELP!!! Date: 6 Jan 1995 14:40:47 GMT Organization: Rechenzentrum Uni-Mannheim Lines: 38 Message-ID: <3ejkpf$9ma@darum.uni-mannheim.de> References: <3egg8p$93n@ecom4.ecn.bgu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de In article <3egg8p$93n@ecom4.ecn.bgu.edu>, >I understand that the fix for this is to use the virtual terminal program, >"dt". So, I went out and got that. However, whenever I try to run it, I >get a "bus error". > >What do I do? > Well I've been running NetBSD for quite some time now and I've never heard of this bug. I've also never heard of dt. So here are some options: Maybe you need to use the vt* driver (dt should be vt?) in your kernel I haven't used the pcconsole driver since the vt-driver was added. You can do this by editing the GENERIC* file and commenting out the pc0 line und uncommenting the vt0 line. If you say it crashes on too much scrolling try putting the output of make and make depend into a file instead. once the kernel is built try mv /netbsd /netbsd.alt and cp'ing the new netbsd to / if it fails to boot you can also type in /netbsd.alt at the boot-prompt to get the old kernel. or you could connect a terminal to your serial port or connect to the network and login via telnet and work (to get rid of the bug) from there until you've solved it. or you could try getting a -current kernel and booting that and most probably compiling yourself the current binaries too. (If I get enough requests, I'll make a current: generic-kernel and a snapshot of the current binaries. In the meantime I've put a copy of the kernel I use here on wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de in ~ftp/pub/NetBSD/snapshot which you could try.) Cheerio. -- The cost of living hasn't affected it's popularity. (unknown) current release=doc host=wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de \ "NetBSD-current mirror" hostbase=/mit/ftp/pub/NetBSD base=/usr prefix=/usr backup delete use-rel-suffix