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Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net> at Wednesday 23 July 2008, 19:09:45 |
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> Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> > I run gentoo x86 stable, so that I usually avoid this sort of thing. |
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> > |
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> > This kernel, however, looks balky to me, because it's reporting |
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> > warnings and other oddities during compilation. I don't like warnings |
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> > at any time, and with the kernel's make wrappers cleaning up the |
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> > output they tend to stand out. |
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> > |
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> > Here's what I get: |
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> > -- various type/attribute warnings |
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> > -- reports of deprecated elements |
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> > -- a report of "section mismatches", and instructions to use "make |
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> > CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y" to find details. |
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> > |
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> > All that being said, the compilation completes, and I can boot it. I |
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> > don't know the cause, but I have been unable to get vmware-server |
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> > running on it, and I'm going back to the previous kernel for that |
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> > reason. |
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> > << SNIP >> |
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> |
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> You are not alone if having "issues" with this kernel. When I tried to |
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> run it recently, I noticed a serious slow down in KDE, especially when |
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> logging into KDE. My usual login time is about 7 to 8 seconds but with |
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> this kernel, try about 30 seconds. My mouse was "jerky" and even |
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> Seamonkey was very slow to switch tabs. Nothing changed but the |
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> kernel. I didn't test to long because it was so annoying. |
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Don't forget to mention, that sun darkened and rain was coming, once you had |
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booted 2.6.25 ... |
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Compile issues are one thing, but putting all these "application issus" on |
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the kernel seems a bit unfair, especially, when admitting, that "you didn't |
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test long". |
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I have seen my KDE login or tab switching in firefox delayed, too, but not |
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because of any kernel upgrade, but because "updatedb" was taking action |
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right when I was logging in, or because a forgotton compile process on TTY1 |
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took CPU power away. |
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I for my part didn't have any problems with 2.6.25-r6, neither at compile |
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time nor at runtime |
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-- |
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Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters. |
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(Rosa Luxemburg) |
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