Re: gcc-2.8.0

Scott McDermott (vaxerdec@frontiernet.net)
Fri, 6 Feb 1998 15:18:25 -0500


On Thu, Feb 05, 1998 at 03:27:00PM -0700, Michael Driscoll wrote:
> Installed gcc-2.8.0 and libg++-2.8.0, and recompiled the kernel.
...
> Did not notice any trouble until I tried using svgalib applications.
> squake, qwcl, zgv, etc. all screwed up the console in the same way
> (random lines etc all over the screen, nothing coherent at all).
> The console still responded to keyboard input but I couldn't figure out
> how to restore the console so I would reboot.

The problem is in anything using routines from ioport.c . There has
been discussion about this lately, read some old posts.

Scott
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