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 -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux"
