Re: [gentoo-user] gcc and glibc. Which unstable to pick?

[Dale]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com>  wrote:
>
>> As the list knows, I been having random lock ups on my system.  I'm in the
>> process of one last emerge -e world but I'm not holding my breath it will
>> change anything.  So, I'm wanting to try a unstable version of both gcc and
>> glibc.
>>
> Do what you will but this seems a very radical step to take at this
> point. It seems to me you are assuming there are bugs in gcc and glibc
> that are both effecting you now and will be fixed in the new versions.
> I'm not sure that logic really holds water.
>
> Wouldn't you be possibly better off to learn to run gdb on Firefox and
> look for problems in a more conventional way?
>
> Did you manage to remove all plugins from Firefox and prove it's not a
> Flash or Java issue?
>
> - Mark
>
>
>

I don't think Konsole uses Flash or java.  I'm not sure how one relates 
to the other.  Whatever this is, it has Konsole and Firefox in common 
that I know of.  There are lots of programs that I have not even tried 
to run.  I don't want to just lock up my system unless I think I have a 
fix.  Hitting that reset button may just ruin a install and cause me all 
sorts of grief.

I do know this, I ran into something like this before and it was either 
gcc or glibc.  I'm pretty sure it was gcc.  Since this has a history of 
fixing things, I may as well try that to.  I may add that I did find 
where people were having problems with programs crashing when using the 
current glibc.  It may not be related to my problem but we don't know 
that either.

I just finished a emerge -e world and am going to see if KDE will run or 
lock up.  I'm hoping but not holding my breath.

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-)