On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 11:38, Collins Richey wrote: > > Just adding to the list of "good news". I've got 2.6.x kernels running > > on two x86 systems, both with nptl turned on. One is my desktop > > system, a dual athlon rig, and one is my internet box, a dual PIII > > Xeon rig. No problems at all with either system. > > > > I still have not moved my ultrasparc or alpha system to a 2.6 kernel, > > but anticipate doing so here before too long. > > > > Just curious. So many reports about nptl/glibc problems, but you have > none. What applications are you using? > > I've been running 2.5/2.6 for six months with no problems, but no nptl.
On the desktop system, I use gads of stuff, including KDE, GNOME, enlightenment (which is my primary window manager), OpenOffice, Abiword, Gnumeric, gaim, evolution, samba, nfs, openldap, mysql, MozillaFirebird, etc. I'm running off of an nvidia card using the 4496 drivers, since they seem to work better than the 5528 or 5532 drivers. I haven't tried the 5536 drivers yet. On the internet system, it's a bit more stripped down, as it's a headless box with more specific purposes, and is running stuff like apache w/ssl,php,mod_perl, mysql, openldap, postfix, etc. As far as what I did when switching over to nptl in both cases, I first booted from a 2.6 kernel. Then I added the nptl USE variable, and did an emerge glibc. When that was done, I then did an emerge -e system. Then as stuff broke, I recompiled it as well. Some of the more notable things that I had to recompile were apache, mysql, php, and X (for the desktop). In the case of X, it wasn't broken to the point of not working, but it had become quite flaky. Since the recompile, it hasn't given me any trouble. Unfortunately, since I didn't run into any problems, I'm not very good at offering any troubleshooting advice. :) Hope this is the sort of thing you were looking for. Cheers, Sean -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
