Re: [gentoo-hardened] xorg/nv woes

[bbruce]

Thanks everyone.  xorg-x11-6.8.0-r4 works like a charm for me.

Brian.


On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 09:08, bbruce wrote:
> Kev,
>
> Thanks for the info.  It is exactly what I was looking for.  I'm
> attempting 6.8.0-r4 now and will post my results.
>
> Brian.
>
>
> On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 04:16, Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
> > B.G. Bruce (bbruce@×××××.com) wrote:
> >
> > > Has anyone had success with xorg-6.8.0-r3 and the nv drivers?  If so,
> > > how?  I've followed the instructions from
> > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/hardenedxorg.xml, but still can't
> > > get it to work.
> >
> > -r3 is known not to work with hardened GCC, unless you use static.  There is a fix for this is in -r4, which is currently masked because it makes significant changes to various paths.
> >
> > The fix compiles pretty much everything with '-nonow', which removes the defaulted "-z now" added by the hardened GCC specs, and allows xorg to work properly with dlloader (but not elfloader, which is unlikely to ever be "fixed").
> >
> > Kev.
> >
> >
> >
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