Whine - I want my console back

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 07:33:01 -0700, jdow wrote:

> >> I had to copy the file again. "Oops!")
> >> 
> >> {^_-}
> > 
> > Ok :) Use "chattr +i" for the lib file - but write it down somewhere to
> > remember, so you can revert this modification when there is a fixing
> > update out.
> 
> Um, maybe it's easier and safer to remember to make the change with each
> update if it is needed. And then I have an excuse to embarrass folks if
> they do not fold this into the next set of xorg-X11 fixes.
> 
> {^,-}   (Hey, I have a reputation to uphold. I'm a fussy old biddy.)

Well, considering that I reported the problem on 2005-03-16 for FC4 Test1
already and many other users with different chipsets reported the same and
similar issues later, I'm quite disappointed that so far there have not
been any resources available to look into it.

Since xorg-x11 6.8.2 is also an update for FC3 and doesn't suffer from the
same symptoms, it smells quite like GCC 4.0.0 could be the culprit -- in
ASM code maybe? We have not even been provided with X packages built
without -O2 just for testing.

The only thing which doesn't make me feel fed up with FC4 with regard to
this is the libvgahw.a work-around.  No virtual consoles for several
graphics chipsets is a blocker, IMHO.

-- 
Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at users.sf.net>
Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz) - Linux 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
loadavg: 1.17 1.09 1.03