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From: Nilesh Govindrajan <contact@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Random segfaults with gnome
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 04:26:45
Message-Id: 5000F460.7020908@nileshgr.com
1 On Sat 14 Jul 2012 07:22:33 AM IST, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
2 > On Jul 13, 2012 10:37 PM, "Michael Hampicke" <gentoo-user@××××.biz
3 > <mailto:gentoo-user@××××.biz>> wrote:
4 > >
5 > > > Lately, ever since I installed gnome3 (3.2), a lot of things have gone
6 > > > unstable. Gnome crashes a lot and pulseaudio too, on every start
7 > (I see a
8 > > > segfault by the equalizer module).
9 > >
10 > > I had lots of graphics related problems with gnome3.2 - from render
11 > > errors to system freezes. So in a desperate move I unmasked gnome3.4
12 > > (from the overlay) and installed it. Installing (and maintaining) 3.4 is
13 > > a bit hairy, but all my problems have gone since that.
14 > >
15 > > So if recompiling with O2 does not help, and you don't mind bleeding
16 > > edge packages on your system, try 3.4
17 > >
18 >
19 > Already on gnome 3.4, unmasked from default portage, no overlay.
20 >
21 > Complete rebuild over with O2, still getting these errors:
22 >
23 > Http://bpaste.net/show/34934
24 >
25
26 It seems I was using only gnome-shell 3.4 and did not update others. Now
27 I unmasked 3.4 completely (gnome-base/*, gnome-extra/*).
28 It's much more stable than 3.2, except for the two faults I pasted above.
29
30 Watching this thing now for crashes, will post update soon.
31
32 --
33 Nilesh Govindrajan
34 http://nileshgr.com