Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: XFree86 vs. 2.5.54 - reboot | Date | Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:35:17 -0600 (CST) | From | (Bob_Tracy(0000)) |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > "Bob_Tracy(0000)" wrote: > > AMD K6-III 450 running a 2.4.19 kernel with vesafb, XFree86 4.1.0, and > > a USB mouse works fine. Same setup with a 2.5.54 kernel does a cold > > reboot when I type "startx". > > I saw exactly the same. In my case it appears to be due to miscompilation > of a particular sysenter patch which went into 2.5.53. If you're using > gcc-2.91.66 (aka `kgcc') then try 2.95.x instead.
I'm running gcc-2.95.3 here. Is that a "sufficiently correct" version to avoid the miscompilation problem?
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