Workaround hald crashes in vm.

icculus · Oct 17, 2009 · 07fda07 · 07fda07
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diff --git a/misc/merge.sh b/misc/merge.sh
@@ -80,12 +80,17 @@ rm -rf /x86_64/lib64
 ln -s /lib /x86_64/lib32
 ln -s /lib /x86_64/lib64
 
+# Set up the boot bits.
 mkdir -p /x86_64/boot/x86_64
 mkdir -p /x86_64/boot/x86
 mv /x86_64/boot/*-generic /x86_64/boot/x86_64/
 cp -av /x86/boot/*-generic /x86_64/boot/x86/
 cp ../grubmenu.txt /x86_64/boot/grub/menu.lst
 
+# Hack: force hald to regenerate cache on each run, since it writes a size_t
+#  in there that causes crashes when you switch between 64 and 32 bit mode.
+echo "rm -f /var/cache/hald/fdi-cache" >> /x86_64/etc/default/hal
+
 # Put some things back.
 mv /x86/tmp_devices /x86/lib/udev/devices
 mv /x86/tmp_X11 /x86/usr/bin/X11