On Samstag 18 April 2009, Dale wrote: > 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 > > :-) :-)
and have you ever tried a kernel without stupid patches - aka vanilla sources?
