[ale] RedHat 7.0

[Jeff Hubbs]

> On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 03:10:50AM -0400, Eric Z. Ayers wrote:
> > You can compile a kernel with RH 7.0, but you have to use an older
> > version of gcc. Look for something like: kgcc or kcc or read the RH
> > 7.0 release notes.

I'm kind of pushing away from the whole Red Hat strand because of things
like this.  Any Linux distro ought to have everything - and I mean
EVERYTHING - required to compile all the source code.  I mean, this is such
a basic part of working with Linux; how can someone just ship a distro with
something like this broken??  I know a Linux distro is a very complex thing,
but doesn't anyone at Red Hat actually take a preproduction CD and do basic
stuff like recompile the supplied kernel from the supplied source?  

I'm no huge fan of Mandrake, but I hate to think that part of Mandrake's
role is to put out a more QAed version of Red Hat.



- Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Armsby John-G16665 [mailto:John.Armsby at motorola.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 8:12 AM
> To: 'ale at ale.org'
> Subject: RE: [ale] RedHat 7.0
> 
> 
> From what I am reading, why would the average non power user 
> want 7.0?  Sounds like a head ache to me.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fulton Green [mailto:ale at FultonGreen.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 5:13 AM
> To: Eric Z. Ayers
> Cc: Steve Nicholas; ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] RedHat 7.0
> 
> 
> Actually, you CAN use the RH7 default compiler to sucessfully 
> build (and
> run!) the 2.4.0-test kernel. But you've gotta make sure everything is
> properly upgraded in the toolchain (e.g., make sure the 
> binutils RPM is at
> 2.10.0.18-1 or higher).
> 
> FWIW, your compiler is bombing on an assembler source, specifically on
> multi-line #define macros. I don't know if GCC invokes the 
> GNU assembler (as)
> at that point, but just in case, heed the binutils advice 
> above. It also
> wouldn't hurt to make sure the C preprocessor package is at 
> 2.96-54, even
> though I could have sworn I heard one of the GCC project 
> members at the
> recent ALS say that the preproc was now integrated into GCC.
> 
> Regarding the dwindling Diamond color depth: RH7 may have upgraded you
> to XFree 4.0.1, in which case you may have to play around with the new
> XF86Config file format to make sure that XFree has the right 
> knowledge about
> your video RAM and such. And don't forget to read the support docs for
> Diamond chipsets, located on the XFree website 
> (www.XFree.org). FWIW, I have
> a similar problem, going from XGA 24-bit color to XGA 16-bit 
> color between
> Red Hat 6.2 and 7.0.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 03:10:50AM -0400, Eric Z. Ayers wrote:
> > You can compile a kernel with RH 7.0, but you have to use an older
> > version of gcc. Look for something like: kgcc or kcc or read the RH
> > 7.0 release notes.
> > 
> > -ERic.
> > 
> > Stephen F Nicholas writes:
> >  > Ok, Ok,
> >  > I know the general consensus is NOT to load RH 7.0.  I 
> went to ALS and
> >  > purchased 7.0.  gnome is getting REALLY memory hungry 
> video wise.  fvwm
> >  > worked in 32 bit mode just fine with my Diamond 4 mb 
> card under 5.2.  6.1
> >  > went down to 24 bit color, and 7.0 went down to 16 bit color.
> >  > 
> >  > I can't compile kernel 2.2.16 from RH's cd.  It bombs 
> real fast.  Since I
> >  > d/l'd 2.2.17 I don't have the error messages from 
> 2.2.16.  HOWEVER, I DO
> >  > have the error messages from kernel 2.2.17 downloaded 
> from kernel.org.  I
> >  > did a make dep, make clean ok.  make bzImage blew with 
> the following error
> >  > message:
> >  > 
> >  > cc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include -D__ASSEMBLY__
> >  > -traditional -c checksum.S -o checksum.o
> >  > checksum.S:231: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
> >  > checksum.S:237: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
> >  > make[2]: *** [checksum.o] Error 1
> >  > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/arch/i386/lib'
> >  > make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
> >  > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/arch/i386/lib'
> >  > make: *** [_dir_arch/i386/lib] Error 2
> >  > 
> >  > 
> >  > I saw a previous message saying to use kgcc instead of 
> gcc.  I tried both,
> >  > to no avail.  Suggestions??  I'm not a programmer, but I 
> try and do my
> >  > research.
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