Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: xserver-xsun24 > Version: 3.3.4-1 > > Has anyone else had problems with the 3.3.4 xserver-xsun* packages? I > upgraded my SS5/170 with a TCX card today and nolonger had a X > display. :/ >
i had exactly the same problem, and the only way i got the xserver to run again is by upgrading to libc6 2.1.2-0pre12 (latest for intel machines, so i had to compile it myself). and on an ipx machine is no fun, it took about 24 hours). while doing this i discovered a few other things. the linker for example is completely and utterly broken (at least on my machine). if i did an 'ld -V' it will dump core. i am curious to see if other people have the same problem. i tried to recompile the binutils package, but then of course the linker wouldn't link itself. so i ended up getting the redhat binutils package, used alien to convert it to deb, waited for about 12 hours for binutils to compile from source. voila, i have a linker that works now. i took out the sparc64 emulation though, so i don't know if this is what caused the problem in the first place. if anybody is interested, i made all these packages (libc6 + binutils) available by anonymous ftp on caliban.lbl.gov in /pub/debian/sparc. at least the xserver is running again (and the crash has nothing to do with not finding the pex fonts, i run it under the debugger, and it crashes when it tries to free some memory). lessons learned: at least on my machine ld is broken. glibc is woefully out of date. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
