Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!dont-send-mail-to-path-lines From: sllu@vlsi-cad.isi.EDU (Shih-Lien Lu) Newsgroups: comp.lsi Subject: Re: startup problems with Magic 6.3 Message-ID: <9101230031.AA25611@vlsi-cad.isi.edu> Date: 23 Jan 91 00:31:45 GMT Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background) Organization: The Internet Lines: 8 The problem you are facing is caused by running a "binary file" compiled on a different machine from the machine you are running. Most likely you are running a SUN3 or DEC object code on a SPARC. Try use the command "file" to identify the type of file you are running. If it does say "dynamically linke SPARC object file", send it back ;-). I mean you need to recompile the source code. Shih-Lien