wd-linux will not start

Software Weather Display for Linux
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Now I have weather display running again on windows. I really like to get the whole system running on Linux (Durban woody)
The system I have is debian woody. xwindows is kde, the weather system is Dallas 1wire, (this is a problem for later)
I downloaded the files from the linux page Weather Display - the Weather Station software
Unpacked it in my weather directory, and set the GoWeather and WeatherD executables, and this is happening

weer@G3-server:~/wdisplay$ sh GoWeather.sh
GoWeather.sh: ./WeatherD: cannot execute binary file
weer@G3-server:~/wdisplay$

weer@G3-server:~/wdisplay$ ls -l
total 12492
-rw-rw-r-- 1 weer weer 93 Jul 27 2003 CHANGES
-rwxrwxr-x 1 weer weer 602 Jan 7 15:56 GoWeather.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 weer weer 349 Jul 28 2003 INSTALL
-rw-rw-r-- 1 weer weer 32 Jul 28 2003 LICENCE
-rw-rw-r-- 1 weer weer 114 Jul 28 2003 README
-rwxrwxr-x 1 weer root 12697700 Sep 20 22:50 WeatherD
drwxr-xr-x 2 weer weer 4096 Feb 14 2005 deploy
-rw-rw-r-- 1 weer weer 44745 Jul 23 2003 owntemplate.txt
weer@G3-server:~/wdisplay$

need moor info???

Tnx Hans-Willem

2

looks to me like root “owns” WeatherD… maybe try chomd 777 WeatherD

3

I changed that, still the same result??? #-o

are te above versions the right versions for my linux 2.2.20?

4

for debian woody you will have to install a newer version of libc6

try this

chown weer WeatherD
5

I did tryed that, but no results. The binary Will not start. Not even as root. I do all these things in a window in kde, where I am user ‘weer’ (weather in dutch).
Is there something wrong withe files, or is my debian missing someting. I’m running debian on a powerpc.
normal things are working fine here.

Or need I to compile the weatherdisplay self to eliminate machine difference?

Thanks in advance

Hans-Willem

6

which version of libc6 are you running?

Shino:/lib# apt-cache show libc6
Package: libc6
Priority: required
Section: base
Installed-Size: 15544
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <[email protected]>
Architecture: i386
Source: glibc
Version: 2.3.2.ds1-20.......
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G3-server:~# apt-cache show libc6
Package: libc6
Priority: required
Section: base
Installed-Size: 14744
Maintainer: Ben Collins [email protected]
Architecture: powerpc
Source: glibc
Version: 2.2.5-11.5
It look like a bit older version… Is glibc6 the main requirement for weatherdisplaylinux?

8

I didn’t know x86 linux apps would run on a G3 Mac without a rom board.
Anyway, the Dallas 1-wire won’t run on the linux WD yet. (I’m patiently waitng for that too)

9

For the 1wire you can use http://melhuish.info/simon/projects/oww/ and only the owwnui version (oww no user interface). Put this in a file, and convert this to data that wdlinux can read. For me this allready has worked, only wd didnot work, and I use rrdtool to generate pictures.

This workaround is not so easy, but is should work.

Only I have at this moment my networkserver powered by a Apple computer. This is different and a nice experiment to go with.

10

I don’t know this for sure, but someone else running woody had to upgrade to at least libc6 2.3. This version is currently in the testing branch.

11

I think, that the wdlinux binary is made for a i386, and not for a ppc machine. This I can solve if there is a possibility to get a sourcetar, an recompile the wdlinux the ppc world.