Bug 34623

Summary:	fbcon.c: In function 'fbcon_do_set_font':
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	R David Paine III <weirdave>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description R David Paine III 2003-11-28 06:35:17 UTC

Pentium MMX 233
128MB
3COM NIC
OPTI Sound
x86 1.4 build

Trying to compile the kernel I received the following after the make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install command:

fbcon.c: In function 'fbcon_do_set_font':
fbcon.c:1919 internal error: Segmentation fault
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make[3]: *** [fbcon.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r8/drivers/video'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r8/drivers/video'
make[1]: *** [_subdir_video] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r8/drivers'
make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2
cdimage linux #

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-04-12 11:38:52 UTC

use a newer kernel

Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-25 11:24:30 UTC

Moving these so we can remove the "Install CD" component from "Gentoo Linux".

I apologize to everyone for this spam, but according to the bugzilla developers,
this is the only reasonable way to do this.