Re: xserver-sun* breakage.
Stephen Zander <gibreel@pobox.com> writes:
> Package: xserver-xsun24
> Version: 3.3.4-1
>
> Has anyone else had problems with the 3.3.4 xserver-xsun* packages? I
> upgraded my SS5/170 with a TCX card today and nolonger had a X
> display. :/
>
i had exactly the same problem, and the only way i got the xserver to
run again is by upgrading to libc6 2.1.2-0pre12 (latest for intel
machines, so i had to compile it myself). and on an ipx machine is no
fun, it took about 24 hours). while doing this i discovered a few
other things. the linker for example is completely and utterly broken
(at least on my machine). if i did an 'ld -V' it will dump core. i am
curious to see if other people have the same problem. i tried to
recompile the binutils package, but then of course the linker wouldn't
link itself. so i ended up getting the redhat binutils package, used
alien to convert it to deb, waited for about 12 hours for binutils to
compile from source. voila, i have a linker that works now. i took out
the sparc64 emulation though, so i don't know if this is what caused
the problem in the first place.
if anybody is interested, i made all these packages (libc6 + binutils)
available by anonymous ftp on caliban.lbl.gov in /pub/debian/sparc. at
least the xserver is running again (and the crash has nothing to do
with not finding the pex fonts, i run it under the debugger, and it
crashes when it tries to free some memory).
lessons learned: at least on my machine ld is broken. glibc is
woefully out of date.
--alex--
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