2.4.0test13 + Dual G4

[Chris Backas]

Hello all,

As per the advice from various list members (thanks all who responded!) regarding my random-coredumps under 2.2.18 in SMP mode, I've now upgraded to kernel 2.4.0
Test 13.  I was unable to build it myself (unresolved references in the link step that I couldn't figure out) I grabbed a pre-built SMP kernel from
ftp.linuxppc.org/users/kfukui.

The kernel worked fairly well, (and was REALLY REALLY FAST!) but something went wrong with XFree86 (4.0.1) and my screen went blank and wouldn't return.  Sooo... I
upgraded to Xfree86 4.0.2 from the same source.  Once I fixed a bad symlink that the RPM created (X linked to XPMac instead of XFree86) XFree worked again.

SO, getting to the point of the mail - with the newest kernel and newest XFree, my mysterious crashes still exist.  Mozilla Mail is the biggest culprit, nearly every time I open
it it dies.  No core, it just disappears.  This does not happen on a Uni-processor kernel.

My question is, when a program dies on an SMP kernel, but it fine under a Uni processor kernel, should I assume that the application has SMP issues and report it to the
author(s), or is it a kernel bug?

Thanks!
Chris Backas


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