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I've added glibc-2.2.5-r4 to portage, which fixes the nvidia-glx bug and a few |
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others.. |
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See ya |
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On Wednesday 05 June 2002 23:23, Martin Schlemmer wrote: |
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|| On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 23:00, Lars Pechan wrote: |
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|| > Thanks a lot but I would like to think that I have put quite a big |
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|| > effort into finding out a) why nvidia's opengl driver doesn't work and |
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|| > b) how to get it working. So have others too. I also think I have a |
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|| > reasonable understading of what is going on. |
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|| > For more info on the subject see these threads in the forums: |
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|| > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3701 |
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|| > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3963 |
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|| > Also the following url helps in mapping out what the issues are |
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|| > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2002-04/msg00025.html. |
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|| > Also, the link you are referring to is mentioned in the forum postings. |
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|| > In short, yes the problem stems from the gcc-team having changed the |
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|| > layout of a library by hiding certain symbols. However, it's not clear |
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|| > whether this happened for 3.1 or in fact earlier. It did work earlier |
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|| > because the linker/binutils didn't care about the .hidden attribute |
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|| > anyway and in fact still works under 3.1 depending on what version of |
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|| > binutils is used. |
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|| > To see this happening try building one system with binutils 2.12 and one |
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|| > with 2.11 _both_ using gcc-3.1. The nvidia opengl driver will work on |
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|| > one but not the other despite both having been compiled with the same |
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|| > compiler. That doesn't make it binutils' "fault" but it is clear that |
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|| > what version of binutils you use produce different end results. |
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|| > My concern hasn't been to find someone to put the blame on but to |
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|| > understand what is happening and how to fix it. I personally think one |
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|| > has to be very careful playing the blame game in an open source |
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|| > environment. |
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|| > I'm not suggesting it's nvidias "fault", if anything I'm grateful for |
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|| > them providing good drivers even if they are binaries. However, I am |
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|| > suggesting that nvidia have been caught unawares by the change and also |
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|| > that their library wouldn't build on my (or any other gcc-3.1 + latest |
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|| > binutils) system. |
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|| > I'm also suggesting a couple of workarounds for those who can't get |
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|| > opengl going on their new shiny 3.1-built systems. Some have (I believe) |
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|| > been successful in applying the patch to glibc but others haven't and |
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|| > for them these workarounds will do the trick. |
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|| Bad form on my side. Sorry, to quick a reply after just |
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|| comming home with a long day at work behind me. No excuse |
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|| I know. |
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|| Btw, I am almost positive it worked fine for gcc-3.0 and |
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|| binutils-2.12. |
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Bart Verwilst |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team |
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Gent, Belgium |
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