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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, James Miller wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > I cannot install RP8 for linux on any of our computers except the AMD-K6
> > 475MHz.  Ron says his 400MHz also works.  My 300MHz AMD-K6 does not.
> > Segmentation fault while trying to install.
> >
> > Is more RAM likely to make a difference here?  Or a swap file?  (Yes I
> > should be scolded for not having one, but I used the swap partition for
> > BL3 and will have to look up how to make a swap file within BL2.)

You lost the bet.  I made a swap file of 160MB (I thought I had posted 
this info but it seems to have gone astray) and RP still exits with 
segmentation fault.  The remaining experiment would be to move the hard 
drive to the faster computer and see what RP does in that situation.

Instead, I signed up so I could post at the current realplayer for linux 
forum at Helixcommunity. Realplayer 10 is based on Helixplayer, which also 
does OGG.  I asked if there was a minimum speed requirement for it, or for 
RP8 for linux.  RP8 works fine at 133MHz with 32M RAM in Win98.

> I place my bet as follows: create a 128MB swap file (you could make it
> less, but the usual recommendation is twice physical RAM size - certainly
> no less than physical RAM size though), then run RP8 on that same machine
> and it won't crash.  You could also stick an extra RAM chip in and get the
> same results.  Based on previous problems you've had of this sort and
> posted about, I'm putting my money on your machine running out of
> physical/virtual RAM as being the culprit.  That said, the foregoing is
> just my speculation.

How much money did you place on this bet ;=)

Want to bet on my chances of successfully compiling Helixplayer to work on 
BL2 with glibc from SW8.1?

> James
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