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From: Pknoone@cris.com (Peter Noone)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: C-Kermint: Kernel Panic Sol 2.3!!
Date: 14 Nov 1995 20:13:37 GMT
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Frank da Cruz (fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
: In article <488dc7$j17@spectator.cris.com>,
: Peter Noone <Pknoone@cris.com> wrote:
: >
: > I recently downloaded and compiled C-Kermit on my Sparc-5
: > running Solaris 2.3 . I compiled version 5A(190) of C-kermit
: > using the standard make solaris2xg with no errors. I was
: > running kermit interactively and it caused a kernel panic
: > that brought my machine to its knees and eventually rebooted
: > in single user mode. I recovered from this incident but am
: > a little wary of running kermit again.
: >
: > Are there any know bugs or problems that I should be aware of?
: >
: Plenty of them. They are documented as thoroughly as we know how in the
: release note. The pertinent file is ckuker.bwr (C-Kermit for UNIX "beware"
: file). I quote liberally from it below, but please note that if a user-mode
: program can crash an UNIX operating system, the problem is not in the
: user-mode program :-)
<< Lots of helpful info deleted >>
Thanks Frank. I guess it's time for me to RTFM bigtime.
I bought your book today, last copy at the Stanford Bookstore.
Who needs a bidirectional modem port anyway :).
Peter Noone
pknoone@cris.com