On 23 Sep 2003 at 15:03, Nick Rout wrote: > > sorry i cannot help you with the upgradability of rh7.3 to gcc 3.x. > > However I do know that there can be problems trying to load modules > > built with gcc3.x if your kernel is built with gcc 2.x > > > > someone worked out a recent workshop meeting how to tell what version of > > gcc your kernel is built with, but i cannot remember how we did it. i > > jjust tried strings /boot/bzImage |grep gcc with no luck.. bunxip2 > > /boot/bzImage|strings gives /boot/bzImage is not a bzip2 file. > > > got it. cat /proc/version > > on my redhat 7.2 box this gives gcc 2.96
And that sounds right. Expect it to be the same for RH7.3 - will check tonight. I'm just wondering: Might save some trouble to go back to gcc 2.96. (I went up to 3.0.3 to get MPlayer to work, but the latest MPlayer wreaked havoc and DVD playing is dead now. Which means I have no specific reason to *not* want to use gcc 2.96). How to get rid of gcc 3.0.3 then? I installed it from source. Will the gcc-2.96 rpm clean it out or must it be none manually? Thanks so far! J
