Orlando Andico said: > On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Andre John Cruz wrote: > .. >> speaking of red hat 8...that piece of software is the most unstable >> linux i've ever seen in my whole life. it has already hung up on me 5 >> times!!! to think that the last time i was unix linux and the system >> just hung up on me was 1998... :( > > oddly enough, i have had no problems whatsoever.. > > it's probably a driver issue. perhaps you are using an nvidia card with > the closed source drivers? rh8 comes with a gcc3.2-compiled kernel. it > has weird interactions with kernel binary modules that are compiled by > gcc2.95-2. > > i rebuilt my rh8 kernel with gcc2.95-2 and all my instability problems > went away. > > OTOH nvidia released drivers compiled with gcc3.2 which also solved the > problem, albeit belatedly.
hmm...maybe...i actually use the setup you described (you must know EVERYTHING, master Orly! :P ) but even before i installed the closed-source X drivers of nvidia, it has hung up on me two times already. worse, one of the hangups happened while I was at runlevel 3, which didn't have X windows started!!! (meaning i was only at the console, nothing more, nothing less) -dre _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
