Striking Linux programs: Acroread7, Opera, Foxfire

[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting Neal Delmonico <ndelmonico at sbcglobal.net> (Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:51:59 -0500):

> I thought I should update this list on my experiences with the Linux 
> programs that have been on strike since the new Linux base was 
> instituted.  On one of my amd64 machines whose world was rebuilt from 
> yesterday's current sources (17 Aug), I get a forced reboot when I try 

I did commit a fix yesterday. At least it is supposed to fix it. If
not: please send the panic message and a backtrace. If you don't know
how to do this the handbook will tell you more.

> to start acroread7 and Opera.  No questions asked, screen freezes, and 
> the machine reboots.  Before that I used to only get segmentation faults 
> (with a bash.core left behind).  Things have gone from bad to worse.  
> But that is often a sign that a solution is just around the corner, right?

No, jhb@ hasn't got enough debug output to fix this. If you know how to
add some printf()s to the kernel, feel free to coordinate with him.

Bye,
Alexander.

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