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IMO, GCC 3 is better because it generates BETTER and FASTER code. I am all |
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to see it included in the next Gentoo as default. The compilation time is |
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indeed slower than GCC 2.95.X, because it does things that are more complex |
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(hey, they have fixed their previously half-baked C++ support) and because |
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it has not been optimized yet. However, the trade off is acceptable, because |
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you got Konqueror or other (especially) C++ applications to run TIMES |
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faster, *especially* when optimized for PPRO and above (i686). GCC 3.x does |
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not generate as good and fast code as the Intel compiler ("Proton") does, |
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but it certainly beats GCC 2.95.x as much Proton beats GCC 3.x. ;-D |
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So, regarding your benchmarks Spider. There is something wrong, definately. |
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And I think our gentoo kernel heads around here should take a close look at |
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it. Sure, GCC 3.X *is* slower on compilation time, however, your tests show |
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a very disturbing fact: Under some circumstances, your CPU seems to spend |
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unreasonable amount of time not doing anything. This could be an indication |
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of a bigger issue, possibly a configuration or a hardware issue. There might |
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be an issue going on with the cache or the filesystem or even the loader. |
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How much memory the PC you used has and what kind of drive and filesystem |
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did you use? (I hope that all this is not a side effect of one of the Gentoo |
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kernel patches...) |
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On a completely different issue, I just emerged Netscape 4.x. Netscape's |
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fonts when loading any page are extremely small while Opera's fonts are ugly |
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as nothing else on this planet. I think some Xft configuration is not done |
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properly... |
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Also, when one emerges XFCE, XFCE does not load its window manager, because |
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the xfce little script on /etc/X11/Sessions/ asks for the 'xfce' binary |
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instead of the standard 'startxfce'. |
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As for the KDM problem that someone also mentioned in this list, I have the |
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same problem. The user "eugenia" (part of the 'wheel' and 'audio' groups) |
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cannot load KDM (it just doesn't load anything, with no errors displayed), |
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while everything runs fine as a root. Any ideas? (standard X with twm works |
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fine for user 'eugenia' over here) |
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