Subj : Re: compiling syncterm
To : alt.bbs.synchronet
From : Daniel
Date : Mon Jul 08 2024 09:50 am
From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
"Digital Man" <
[email protected]> writes:
> To: Daniel
> Re: compiling syncterm
> By: Daniel to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sat Jul 06 2024 09:20 pm
>
> > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
> >
> > I bought a new rpi recently. Using a temporary sdcard, I successfully
> > compiled syncterm and have been bbs'ing happily. A new sdcard came today
> > and I've attempted to compile syncterm but it keeps failing. Saying that
> > there is no target platform or something like that. I tried with 1.1,
> > then 1.0.
> >
> > I attempted with the git version but the make process wouldn't even
> > start.
> >
> > Couldn't get past 'make' on a raspberry pi 3b.
> >
> > Am I missing something that I did the other day? Same device,
> > different sdcard. Didn't misspell make.
>
> The exact error message would be a good start.
Hey brother -
I was setting up a new system and didn't have the tools yet to post the
actual error. I had to swap sdcards and post the message then and was
working off memory.
Anyway, meatlotion's script fixed the problem.
And then.
This evening, I was checking out memory uilization on my new machine and
was systematically closing programs, then relaunching them again. I'm
running everything on an rpi3b and it's doing pretty kosher.
I went to relaunch syncterm and it didn't launch at all. No error
message, nothing I could find in /var/logs/ to glean why syncterm would
no longer launch. Callign the app just gave me a new line of the command
prompt. I'm running raspberry PI OS, fully patched on an rpi3b in tty.
Even after a reboot, syncterm would no longer launch . So, I ran
meatlotion's script again and, voila, it launched normally.
If this happens again, I'd like to report good information for
troubleshooting purposes. Where should I look if syncterm fails to
launch again?
Daniel
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