Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Samstag 18 April 2009, Dale wrote: > >> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> >>> On Freitag 17 April 2009, Dale wrote: >>> >>>> Mark Knecht wrote: >>>> >>>>> Does *anyone* have an idea what I should do to debug this further? >>>>> I've never managed to get good backtrace info under Gentoo so that's >>>>> probably a struggle I'd rather not deal with if possible, especially >>>>> for something as complicated as X. The segfault looks like something >>>>> uninitialized to me but what do I know... (Not much!) >>>>> >>>>> I can send all sorts of machine/Gentoo info if requested. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, all thoughts appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>> I don't know if you have been following my recent thread or not but what >>>> version of gcc are you using? I was using gcc 4.3 and I am having >>>> multiple issues with a lot of things. I can't compile a kernel of if it >>>> compiles some things don't work, sound for example. Seamonkey crashes >>>> at times for no reason. I also had trouble with the new xorg-server >>>> crashing with me. Also, my camera and printer, which are USB, were no >>>> longer found. >>>> >>>> To fix this, I went back to gcc 4.1 and started a emerge -ev world. As >>>> things are being recompiled, things are getting back to normal. I'm not >>>> saying this will fix your issue but it may be something to consider if >>>> you are using gcc 4.3. So far, my camera and printer is back, I can >>>> compile a kernel with no errors and Seamonkey is being compiled as I >>>> type. >>>> >>>> Just something for you to ponder. Maybe when you have ran out of other >>>> ideas. >>>> >>>> Dale >>>> >>>> :-) :-) >>>> >>> Installed versions: 4.3.3-r2(4.3)!s(01:52:54 29.03.2009)(fortran >>> mudflap multilib nls openmp -altivec -bootstrap -build -doc -fixed-point >>> -gcj -gtk - hardened -ip28 -ip32r10k -libffi -multislot -n32 -n64 -nocxx >>> -nopie -objc - objc++ -objc-gc -test -vanilla) >>> >>> are you sure its gcc and not the kernel you are using? >>> >> Yep, as soon as I switched back and recompiled things, they started >> working again. So far, things are getting back to normal and I am about >> half way though my emerge -ev world. I am booting the same kernel that >> I have been using for over a year. One reason I have not upgraded my >> kernel is the fact that gcc wouldn't compile a stable kernel. It would >> either error during the compile or things would not work even tho it >> should. Most of the time it would not finish a compile. >> >> This may not be your problem but given what I have been through, I >> thought it worth a mention. If you run out of other ideas, switch back >> to a older gcc then emerge -ev mythtv or whatever you need to do to test >> this theory. If that fixes it, then we know that gcc 4.3 has a "issue" >> somewhere. >> >> I hope you get it fixed either way. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> > > I don't have problems. In fact, gcc4.3 worked very fine for me - but I also > do > not use acient kernels or software from the stone ages of programing (aka > 2008 > ;) ) > > > >
Well, the kernel that would not compile is a gentoo-sources-2.6.29-r1, I also tried gentoo-sources-2.6.29, gentoo-sources-2.6.28-r2 and gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r7. I don't think those are that old. I run mostly stable with only a few exceptions. I wouldn't call that the "stone age". After all, 2008 was only a few months ago. If it works for you, great. Point of my reply was that it is not working here for me. I'm not dreaming, I am as sure of that as anything else on this machine. I even tested it with a CD to make sure my hardware was good. It is, gcc 4.3 appears not to be. Dale :-) :-)
