Questions tagged [netbsd]

NetBSD is an advanced unix-like operating system for modern server, desktop, and embedded computer platforms. It is open source and licensed under the BSD license.

This tag should be used for question pertaining specifically to the NetBSD operating system. In keeping with the intent of SO, this is limited to programming, not such things as use, installation, configuration, or maintenance. Such questions generally belong on Superuser if related to personal/workstation use, or on ServerFault if related to use as a server.

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pkgin: /usr/pkg does not have enough space for installation (276M required only 274M available)

I try to install gnome-2.26.2nb5 on NetBSD-7.0 but I receive the following message: computer#pkgin install gnome-2.26.2nb5 pkgin: /usr/pkg does not have enough space for installation (276M required only 274M available) It's a fresh install of…
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cross compiled NetBSD utility /bin/ls for ARM, core files gives error no core file handler recognizes format

I have cross compiled /bin/ls NetBSD utility for ARM platform. While executing the same I see that application crashed. Tried decoding the same using gdb. I see the following errors. GNU gdb (GDB) Red Hat Enterprise Linux…
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How do I compile NetBSD kernel and userland with full debugging symbols

I am compiling NetBSD kernel and userland for ARM in NetBSD5.1 Libraries generated are not with debugging symbols. Is there any kernel which I can use to enable debugging for userland? For e.g. libc.so.12 is stripped. I want unstripped with full…
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ARM NetBSD5.1 Pthread support

I have NetBSD5.1 source. I have compiled the kernel and userland with the source. When I native compile a sample C program with pthread_create() in ARM NetBSD5.1, it is crashing. Same program is running successfuly in my Linux PC. Want to know if…
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sem_wait not unblocking with EINTR

I'm new with semaphores and want to add multithreading to my program, but I cannot get around the following problem: sem_wait() should be able to receive a EINTR and unblock, as long as I didn't set the SA_RESTART flag. I am sending a SIGUSR1 to the…
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Catching source of NMI on x86 Intel Centerton

I am dealing a situation on NetBSD, where an NMI has put my box to DDB. I understand that NMI could be due some memory related problem. I guess the devices which are memory mapped could also lead me into the same scenario. Please correct me on…
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Interrupt handling on kernel thread with NetBSD kernel backtrace on MIPS

I encountered a NetBSD 5 kernel crash running on MIPS. From panic string it looks like we were stuck in a kernel thread and could never come out of it. Functions in the stack trace (see below)from mini-core are unrelated functions. As per code none…
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Installation date and virtual status of the machine( For Darwin, FreeBSD and NetBSD)

How do I determine installation date (when the system was first booted) for Linux,Darwin, FreeBSD and NetBSD? Also, Is there any way to get the virtual status of the these machines (whether the system is virtual or physical). I need output using…
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Syntax error when Installing NetBSD pkgsrc on RHEL 4

I'm trying to install NETBSD pkgsrc in unprivileged mode on RHEL4 with GCC 3.4.6. First of all is this setup too old? I downloaded the latest stable release from http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/stable/pkgsrc.tar.gz. When running the bootstrap…
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C++ Compile error on NetBSD '::system' has not been declared

I have some C++ code that compiles nicely on Linux but so far I'm having trouble getting it to compile correctly on NetBSD. These are my includes: #include #include #include #include #include…
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Setting up desktop environment on NetBSD 6.1.5

I have installed NetBSD 6.1.5 with full installation setting. However, when I run startx it says no screens could be found. So i tried "X -configure" and then "X -config ~/xconfig.conf.new" and I was brought to a very generic screen with a black x…
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(Networking) XM6i emulating NetBSD 4.0.1 x68k

I have installed NetBSD 4.0.1 x68k on XM6i (http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/x68k/NetBSD-x68k-on-XM6i.html) as a virtual machine emulating a 68030 platform. I have gotten everything to work except networking. According to the…
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netbsd installation on ibook g4, boot: load-size is too small

I downloaded NetBSD-6.1.5-macppc.iso and burned it with the "disk utitlity" of a mac (have a german version, don't know extactly how the tool is called in english versions) to a cd-rom. on the system, where i am planning to install the os I typed…
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iscsi performance testing with buffer and cache disabled

I have been doing disk i/o performance testing between iscsi initiater(centos) and iscsi target(netbsd). In the scenerio, I want all the buffers and caches to be disabled (like network buffer, hardware cache). Is there any tool or command to check…
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netbsd - weird hash format for sha1

On my NetBSD system, there is a password hash in master.passwd that looks like this: $sha1$[5 numbers]$[8 letters]$[17 alpha numeric].[10 alpha numeric] For privacy concerns I left out the actual values. Would someone be willing to explain the…
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