Re: [gentoo-hardened] X won't start.

> Duplicate symbol __i686.get_pc_thunk.bx in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fo
> p.a:bitmapmod.o
> Also defined in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
>
> The only way I have been able to fix it is to recompile gcc without the
> hardened use flag and then recompile xfree. Does anyone have any idea
> how I can run a hardened system and still use X?

first of all, even if you can compile X with the elf loader (as in
your case above) it would not work under PaX, you have to use a
static server or the dlloader for that. latter is work in progress
(or lots of manual work) so that leaves a static server for now, and
if you need 3rd party binary drivers then you can't do even that, you
have to disable PaX on your X server.

second, the above error is the result of hardened gcc forcefully
compiling the .o files of libbitmap.a with -fPIC and some problem
in the elfloader that doesn't take into account that the symbol
in question is marked as hidden and thus should not be visible
outside of a .o file let alone generate duplicate symbol errors.


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