The problem was with libm, not libc, so I executed this: mount -O -F lofs /lib/libm.so.2.nonsse /lib/libm.so.2 svcadm clear hal
It worked. So now I don't get the "hardware capability" error messages after I enter these commands. But "startgui xfce" still doesn't work. It presents me with a text menu, I make selections and press ENTER, it tells me to cross my fingers, does nothing until I hit ENTER again and then just returns the prompt. I tried about all the menu options. -Ken Jackson Ken Jackson writes: > Yeah, I finally got the first one quite a while after the second. > This must be what you are referring to: > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/belenix-discuss/2007-July/000080.html > | > Can you try this workaround: > | > > | > * Boot into command line > | > * Execute: /usr/sbin/mount -O -F lofs /lib/libc.so.2.nonsse > | > /lib/libc.so.2 > | > * Execute: svcadm clear hal > | > * Now run startgui xfce > > I'll give it a try when I get a chance. Thanks. > -Ken Jackson > > > Martin Bochnig writes: > > > > Ken Jackson wrote: > > > I burned the Belenix 0.6.1 iso to CD and booted it. It booted and > > > I logged in and ran "startgui xfce" and then "startgui kde", but > > > both failed with this message repeated twice: > > > > > > ld.so.1: perl: fatal: /lib/libm.so.2: hardware capability \ > > > unsupported: 0x1000 [ SSE2 ] > > > Killed > > > > > > Also, several utilities I ran including 'ping' and 'awk' returned > > > the same error (but substituting the executable name for 'perl'). > > > > > > This is on a Dell Dimension L933r, 933MHz P3 with 512MB RAM, > > > Intel 82810E onboard graphics. > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > > Hello, I didn't try Belenix for half a year and am not 100% up-to-date > > when it comes to x86/x64. > > But I interpret your description, as if your version of libm depends on > > SSE2 and doesn't find native hardware support for it in your cpu (I > > actually thought the later P6's / Coppermines had SSE2 already, don't > > they? Or did it only come with Tualatin or afterwards PIV, while PIII > > only has SSE1, versus MMX on P-Pro and PII?). > > > > Anyways, this seems to be a known issue, I recommend you to browse the > > mail list's archives or to google for it. > > > > You also find it being mentioned on Belenix's site: > > http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/?q=news > > > > "A solution to the Math library SSE2 issue that haunted earlier BeleniX > > releases has been put in place. The FreeBSD math library has been > > re-included since it does not require SSE2. However it is used only on > > machines where the SSE2 capability is absent." > > > > Hope this helps until someone from the Belenix team comes along (and > > gives you better details). > > > > > > --martin
