Hi lug
Here's hoping the problem is solved, thanks to all (especially Alex) for the help. Jeff.
I have successfully compiled a few things, so it looks like the problem IS solved. Thanks again where due. Ignore the following if you don't like minirants. 1. Frankly, I'm not impressed with Linux in this case*. /var is not a "mission critical" filesystem in the sense that if it contains errors, it can still be mounted and the errors don't necessarily mean the system won't come up. How about some non-fatal error messages that tell you you have errors on the disk and then go away - oh, and which come up in X11? I have a feeling the reboots were caused by Linux trying to cope with X11 being in control of the screen when the kernel panicked, since twice when I had a VT displayed I got some error messages. At worst what should happen in this sort of situation is that you get brought down to single-user mode and get to repair the error. As you know if you have read this thread before, the constant reboots in response to this problem had me going down not only my own garden path but several else's as too, metaphorically speaking. *You read it here first (unless you read OSNews, anyway.) 2. In attempting to fix the problem, I installed Ubuntu to see whether it's gcc would fail in the same manner as the gcc on Gentoo had done. Much to my surprise, after successfully loading the distro onto my second hard disk by not being too picky about options, and downloading source of gcc and tar, I get the dread "gcc cannot create executables" message when attempting to compile. (This had nothing to do with the reboot problem I was having, since on Gentoo the compile would start, get part way through, and the system would reboot. Also, I then loaded up an old copy of Slackware on the same disk I had put Ubuntu, in the same hardware configuration, and Slack's gcc worked.) This has not improved my relationship with Ubuntu. Jeff -- Q: What will happen in the Aftermath? A: Impossible to tell, since we're still in the Beforemath. http://latedeveloper.org.uk -- Q: What will happen in the Aftermath? A: Impossible to tell, since we're still in the Beforemath. http://latedeveloper.org.uk -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
