Joe,
 Are you using ipython (do you have it installed)? It does not seem
to be running?  You should get a prompt like

in [1]:

Although eventually we should support not running with ipython, right
now this is the only supported configuration.

Thanks,
Michael.

On 29 April 2012 20:28, Joe Sylve <joe.sylve@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, that's what I'm using.
>
> On Apr 29, 2012 1:23 PM, "Michael Cohen" <scudette@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Joe,
>>   You need to use the scudette branch right now for linux support. Is
>> that what you are using?
>>
>> Michael.
>>
>> On 28 April 2012 22:12, Joe Sylve <joe.sylve@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I'm having trouble getting the linux support branch working.
>> >
>> > I followed all the directions found
>> > here: https://code.google.com/p/volatility/wiki/LinuxMemoryForensics
>> >
>> > I just can't seem to get it to work.  Here's what I'm getting:
>> >
>> > joe@zuul:~/volatility/lin64-support$ python vol.py
>> > Welcome to volshell!
>> > To get help, type 'help()'
>> >>>> session.filename = "/home/joe/dump"
>> > Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >   File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
>> > NameError: name 'session' is not defined
>> >
>> > Can anyone help me with this, or point me to a download for the older
>> > linux
>> > branch, which was previously working for me?  Thank you very much.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Joe Sylve, M.S.
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