xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.FC3.13 appears to not like multiprocessors

Warren Togami wtogami at redhat.com
Thu Mar 31 09:49:03 UTC 2005


Seth Alford wrote:
> I downloaded the previous xorg rpm's, version 6.8.1-12.FC3.21, from the Fedora
> web page.  I forced rpm to load the previous packages, then I erased the newer
> xorg packages (6.8.2-1.FC3.13.)  I should probably have done that in the
> opposite order.  But, I'm now running with 2 processors enabled, no
> hyperthreading, in a gnome-terminal under X11.
> 
> So something about the newer xorg packages disagreed with my dual processor
> system.
> 
> BTW, I tried enabling hyperthreading again with the second processor disabled.
> Inexplicably, this time, the system locked up once I brought up X.  I could
> have sworn that that worked correctly with the 6.8.2-1.FC3.13 packages.
> 

Thank you for downgrading and verifying the issue.  I would advise 
reporting at bugzilla.redhat.com and search upstream for any existing 
similar report.  If nothing similar exists then also report upstream. 
Note in both reports the equivalent RH/upstream report URL.

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com




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