"X11 remains black (fwd)"

["Tomihisa \(Tom\) Welsh" <welsh@neurodev.wpic.pitt.edu>]

On Tue, Sep 01, 1998 at 03:49:32PM +0200, Jens Ritter forwarded:
[X fails with gcc 2.8.1 compiled 2.0.x kernel]

Linux 2.0.x kernels rely on knowledge of the compiler's method
optimisation
that is only valid for gcc 2.7.x, so you should use only a 2.7.x version
to
compile them; this is why Debian 2.0 ships with gcc 2.7.2.3 as the default
compiler for C code.

If you need a newer gcc version for compiling other code, use the "egcc"
package.

HTH,
Ray

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The other alternative for fixing the X problem is to simply compile a
copy of "ioport.c" from a 2.1.x kernel in place of the one that comes with
2.0.34. This worked for me..