> 
> On Wed, 03 Jan 2001 11:23:05 -0500 John Chludzinski <jchludzinski at worldkey.net> wrote:
> >In my workspace I enter the following code:
> >
> >| x |
> >x _ ByteArray new: 12.  
> >x floatAt: 4 put: 2.4
> >
> >When I try to execute this fragment I get a #primitiveFailed message when running on Linux.  It's part of my code on Win2K and I have NO problems 
> >there (on Win2K).  I tried downloading and installing libffi_1.20.tar.gz as was recommended but to NO avail.
> >
> >Any suggestions?
> 
> John,
> 
> I reviewed the messages you got in response the last time you posted this question and it sounds like there is a problem with the FFI stuff on Linux. I would look for an alternative way of doing what you need to do that avoids FFI.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bob
> 


Hmm, I had some trouble getting FFI working on Linux originally as well.
I solved it by rebuilding the VM with --enable-ffi=yes..after that, it
worked like a charm.

You need to use --enable-ffi=yes or else FFI does NOT get enabled under
Linux.