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 ;) )
