Linux question

Kenneth Brody kenbrody at bestweb.net
Fri Jul 2 17:38:29 PDT 2004


David Johnson wrote:
> 
> I have run Filepro 4.8 (the Linux port) for four years on Redhat 6.2.
> 
> I am replacing that computer and have put Redhat 9 on the new one.
> 
> Filepro 4.8 installs, and   p    and    runmenu   work as usual. But
> attempts to run any of the other programs get only a blink from the menu
> and it returns to that same selection.
> 
> Using    strace    we can pick out the error message    "segmentation fault"
> 
> Any words of wisdom?

Yes.  RH9 broke compatibility with older binaries.  Unless there is some
fix to RH9 itself, the only solution is to get new filePro programs, or
go back to RH8 or earlier.

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