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SubjectRe: XFree86 vs. 2.5.54 - reboot
DateWed, 8 Jan 2003 15:35:17 -0600 (CST)
From(Bob_Tracy(0000))
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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