FC6 - Teaching A New Dog Old Tricks

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 19:07 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > Net Llama! wrote:
> >> On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Leon Goldstein wrote:
> >>> After reading discussion of Fedora Core x on this list, I got a FC6 DVD
> >>> in a copy of  Linux Magazine.
> >>> Installation was straightforward, although my display went blank right
> >>> after configuring sound.
> >>> The mouse pointer would flash on and off every few seconds, but after a
> >>> hard reboot  it is running OK.
> >>> I made things a bit more complicated by installing FC6 on a "lab rat"
> >>> running Solaris 10, and Solaris' GRUB chainloads it.
> >>>
> >>> As many old-time list members know, the only interest I have in a Linux
> >>> is running Word Perfect 8. ;-)
> >>> So, an FC'ers have any idea what it takes to get WP8 to run on it?
> >>>
> >>> And, yes, Lonnie, I did a google search.
> >>
> >> I doubt any Linux distro released in the past 2-3 years is going to easily
> >> run WP8 due to the ancient libs that it requires.  Have you tried to
> >> install it?
> >>
> >
> > I thought it took libc5 or something like that?  I'll look in my notes.
> 
> Yea, something like that.  Its an a.out dinosaur in an ELF world.

Would something like ldd on the bin file reveal some useful info? Just a
shot in the dark here... looking for my spotlight. Ric


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