[arch-general] [signoff] kernel 2.6.32.4-1 [ Possible Problems... ]

[Ionut Biru]

On 01/20/2010 09:41 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> On 01/20/2010 10:51 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>> Tobias, all,
>>
>> After further testing with kernel 2.6.32.4-1, I have found two bugs:
>>
>> (1) the kernel upgrade kills WindowMaker
>> (2) the kernel upgrade kills VirtualBox
>>
>> It was ironic, because I was using WindowMaker when I installed the kernel and then on reboot, WindowMaker attempted to start and then crashed back to the login screen. After the upgrade I successfully rebuilt the kernel module for vb with vbox_build_module, then started vbox and it hung with a small dialog "spawning session". Let me know what information you want to see and I'll be happy to provide it or file a bug report. Thanks.
>>
>>
>
> Add to the list of broken desktop/window managers:
>
> (3) Enlightenment (E17) broken with latest kernel
>
> The problem seems to be libpng and libjpg. The xsession-errors from windowmaker were:
>
> [13:26 alchemy:~] # cat /home/david/.xsession-errors
> wmaker: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared
> object file: No such file or directory
>
> I created the link to libpng like:
>
> ln -s /usr/lib/libpng14.so.14.0.0 /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0
>
> then on next wm start
>
> [13:32 alchemy:~] # cat /home/david/.xsession-errors
> wmaker: error while loading shared libraries: libjpeg.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> I didn't catch the E17 .xsession-errors, but I suspect it is related.
>
>
packages for e17 wasn't rebuild. have patience or downgrade to 
extra/community and don't flood the email with useless problems.

The rebuilding process is NOT FINISHED.

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Ionut