Re: everything broken

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "B0Ti" == B0Ti  <9915104t@example.com> writes:

    B0Ti> Why would it hurt to let configure pass and start compiling
    B0Ti> no matter what version the kernel headers are?

Because they support it.  Get it through your head: this is not
somebody's personal hobby any more.  This is business.

    B0Ti> If it chokes during compile, I wouldn't blame anyone.

You're sure bitching a lot here!

Look, it's an IQ test.  If you can't figure out how to wank the kernel
headers you've got into the glibc compile, you have no business
compiling with anything but the standard headers.  I know you can pass
that test; so just do it.

    B0Ti> And what if I have different but still "known good" kernel
    B0Ti> headers other than 2.2.15. Or is it the only kernel that
    B0Ti> glibc will accept?  And afaik woody comes with a different
    B0Ti> kernel, it would be the maintainers job to change the
    B0Ti> glibc-debian patch to let it compile with different kernel
    B0Ti> headers.  So I just don't get it. :-O

There will be a kernel-headers package somewhere, glibc should depend
on it.

I'm sure there's a statement on this somewhere in the glic sources and
also in the Debian dev guide.  I just trust Ulrich on this one.

    B0Ti> xdvik-ja is the same as yours. I suspect (according to
    B0Ti> strace) that the segfault is caused by some fonts.  Should I
    B0Ti> downgrade latex (how?) or get/purge font packages ?

Remove the offending fonts from your fontpath:

	    xset -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/horked-fonts

(See man xset for more details.)  Then try running xdvi.

    B0Ti> (II) LoadModule: "v4l"
    B0Ti> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/linux/v4l_drv.o
    B0Ti> (II) Module v4l: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

cool.

    B0Ti> (II) LoadModule: "dga"
    B0Ti> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module dga
    B0Ti> (II) UnloadModule: "dga"
    B0Ti> (EE) Failed to load module "dga" (module does not exist, 0)

Hrm.  Maybe your installation is broken?

    B0Ti> (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
    B0Ti> (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
    B0Ti> (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
    B0Ti> (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
    B0Ti> (II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
    B0Ti> (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
    B0Ti> (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
    B0Ti> (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
    B0Ti> (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
    B0Ti> (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER

All looks cool to me.  My guess is that XVideo is an extension
supplied by v4l which requires DGA.  When the DGA module went missing,
XVideo went AWOL too.

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