[ELDK] Ubuntu 8.04 and ELDK 4.1

[bwr]

I have run into this problem as well.

Running Ubuntu 8.04 and installing ELDK v4.0 to target a DDC ppc 8540 board.

The install process will hang in 3 places:
  pam-ppc_85xx-0.79-9.5_1.ppc.rpm
  gawk-ppc_85xx-3.1.4-5_1.ppc.rpm
  modutils-ppc_85xx-2.4.22-8_1.ppc.rpm

I "solved" it by removing those three packages from etc/rpm_ppc_85xx.list. All 
the other packages install correctly, and the package as a whole seems to function.

I'm sure the missing packages will cause a problem later, but it allowed me to 
keep going.

Running "strace -p" was mentioned. I'm not familar with that command (I'm new to 
kernel drivers as well as to this mail list). How would I determine in advance 
the pid of the rpm command that is going to hang?, or is that not the 
appropriate question.

Regards,
bwr



snippet of output from the install:
$ sudo ./install -v -d /opt/eldk2 ppc_85xx
...
/opt/eldk2/bin/rpm -ihv --nodeps  ./ppc_85xx/RPMS/glib2-ppc_85xx-2.6.6-1_1.ppc.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
    1:glib2-ppc_85xx         ########################################### [100%]
/opt/eldk2/bin/rpm -q glib2-devel-ppc_85xx-2.6.6-1_1 > /dev/null 2>&1
/opt/eldk2/bin/rpm -ihv --nodeps 
./ppc_85xx/RPMS/glib2-devel-ppc_85xx-2.6.6-1_1.ppc.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
    1:glib2-devel-ppc_85xx   ########################################### [100%]
/opt/eldk2/bin/rpm -q pam-ppc_85xx-0.79-9.5_1 > /dev/null 2>&1
/opt/eldk2/bin/rpm -ihv --nodeps  ./ppc_85xx/RPMS/pam-ppc_85xx-0.79-9.5_1.ppc.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]



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Hi Tim & Scott,

 >> I recently tried to install ELDK 4.1 from a mounted ISO onto a clean
 >> installation of Ubuntu 8.04.  It goes through the installation process
 >> until it reaches gawk-arm_trg.  At that point, the installation is
 >> frozen and never comes back.  I have gone through this identical process
 >> once already with complete success on a desktop PC, however, this latest
 >> attempt is on an Acer laptop.  Any ideas/solutions would be much
 >> appreciated.  Let me know if you need more info.  Thanks.
 >>
 >> -Scott
 >>
 >
 > Hi Scott,
 >
 > I've got it setup on kubuntu8.04 - ran into the same issue you did, but
 > can't quite remember what I did to get around it... sorry! It was pretty
 > simple though, so you're not far off...

Did this get cleared up in any way?  One interesting thing to do would
be to attach with "strace -p" to the process hanging in the install
process.  If you see calls related to the futex mechanisms, it is very
likely that there is a kernel/glibc problem involved.  I once saw such a
behaviour on a single Fedora version which went away either downgrading
or upgrading the kernel.

Cheers
   Detlev

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