Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 24 Nov 1997 10:29:40 -0500 (EST) | From | Aron Griffis <> | Subject | Re: [sx]quake still segfaults with 2.0.32 and MMX pentium |
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On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Christopher Blizzard wrote:
> In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.971123215535.17468B-100000@argon.roma2.infn.it>, "Lor > enzo M. Catucci" is rumored to have said: > :Dear readers, > : I think this could be of some interest, therefore... > :I just have tried xquake again, after a kernel and an xquake upgrade... > :This is sillier than ever, since the program ran well the first time I > :launched it, but stops with a SEGV the second time I try running it... > : > :Maybe I'm wrong, but this sounds like a problem for vhand's patch, which I > :understand runs only with 2.1... Maybe some more kmalloc tweak missing? > :I'll have to reboot in a couple of days, and could put in an instrumented > :kernel, if it might help some way... > > I have had this problem as well with a 233 MMX at home running 2.0.30, 31 > or 32. I've tried the Linux kernel sound drivers, the OSS drivers, no > sound, no lan, rebooting, modules vs. compiled in drivers and none of it > really seems to make a difference. I swear, it used to work. :)
Doubtful it's a kernel problem. Probably it was compiled against different versions of the libraries (svgalib, libc, etc) than you're running. Periodically the differences in the versions will show up and *poof* you have a segfault.
The easiest way around this is to find out what versions were used (ask Zoid?) and write a wrapper script similar to the netscape-wrapper-bnl rpm.
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