Re: Kernel 2.4.18 and xserver

[Michel <mi...@da...>]

On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 20:06, Krystian Bacławski wrote: 
> 
> I'm using 2.4.18 kernel and I experience a few problems with it. It's
> quite stable but try to install xserver 4.x.x and you will start running
> through the minefields :) I've lost one ext2 partition and two reiserfs
> because of xserver 4.1.0 running on 2.4.18. I found out that this version
> causes data corruption while writing to harddisk. Xserver 4.2.1 is a bit
> better it doesn't cause data coruuption while writing to "/" partition,
> but sometimes it trashes swap partition (what randomly crashes programs)
> and after a xserver's restart every(!) program ends with "segmentation
> fault" error.

The X server can't really do that, sounds rather like a kernel or
hardware problem.

Besides, I wouldn't recommend ReiserFS, not even on i386.


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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast