rst8 causing panic under 4.0.1

Article View: comp.sys.sun

Article #9457

#9457

From: Evan Schaffer
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1988 12:28

9 lines
821 bytes

Having installed the 4.0.1 patches (and NOT the fpa patch), now when I
access /dev/rst8, even as a non-privileged user, the system panics and
halts, with the message: PANIC: FPA not enabled.

Has anyone had a similar experience, or can anyone shed light on this
situation?

Thanks in advance.
evan@ssyx.ucsc.edu

Technical Details

Message-ID: <8812141531.AA07698@ssyx.ucsc.edu>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request
From: evan@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Evan Schaffer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: rst8 causing panic under 4.0.1
Message-ID: <8812141531.AA07698@ssyx.ucsc.edu>
Date: 21 Dec 88 12:28:47 GMT
Sender: usenet@rice.edu
Organization: Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Lines: 8
Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu
Original-Date: Wed, 14 Dec 88 07:31:27 PST
X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 69, message 3 of 16