Re: X11 remains black (fwd)
On Tue, Sep 01, 1998 at 10:01:48AM -0400, Ossama Othman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > using the PCMCIA drivers), but if I start X (version included in Debian
> > 2.0), the screen remains black. SuperProbe does not work neither. Screen
> > black, machine locked ?
> > When I reboot with 2.0.30, no problems, not at all. Please note that this
> > 2.0.30 kernel was made with gcc 2.7.2.. while the 2.0.34 with gcc 2.8.1.
>
> Don't use gcc 2.8.1 or egcs to compile the 2.0.x kernels. This is a known
> issue. Compiling the kernel with those compilers causes problems with X11
> starting up. Use gcc 2.7.x to compile the kernel. By the way, it is for
> this reason (at least one reason) that Debian 2.0's default C compiler is
> gcc 2.7.2.3.
>
> I believe that the latest development 2.1.x kernels can be compiled using
> the new compilers. I am not suggesting that you use the development
> kernels, however.
Why not? :)
I got 2.1.119 last night...man it is sweet :)
My first development kernel :)
Didn't quite compile "out of the box" (silly kernel coders :) put the variable
declaration in a function after its first use :) btw thats in nbd.c I think)
Other than that....it works great...it "feels" faster too esp under X
Maybe its just me....but it does apear faster :)
Also...in kernel hacking it has the "Magic" sysreq key....Ilike the idea
of being able to try to force the kernel to sync and umount filesystems
if something locks up...
-Steve
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