Re: 2.5.44-mm2 CONFIG_SHAREPTE necessary for starting KDE 3.0.3

Ed Tomlinson
2002-10-22T21:51:21Z

On October 22, 2002 02:10 pm, Robert Love wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 13:20, Steven Cole wrote:
> > After reading my own mail, I realized that I should have checked to see
> > if disabling PREEMPT did any good in this case.
> >
> > I just booted 2.5.44-mm2 without PREEMPT and without SHAREPTE, and KDE
> > 3.0.3 was able to start up OK.
>
> Let me clarify, because this is odd...
>
> CONFIG_PREEMPT + CONFIG_SHAREPTE => OK
>
> CONFIG_PREEMPT + !CONFIG_SHAREPTE => KDE crashes
>
> !CONFIG_PREEMPT + !CONFIG_SHAREPTE => OK
>
> Right?
>
> Sounds like a timing issue to me. Any other errors? It is possible to
> get a trace?
>
> This sounds familiar, so do not think too hard without double
> checking... someone else reported failure with KDE.

Yes, I have been reporting problems since day one. Also sent a few
straces which seem not to have help much. In my case:

CONFIG_PREEMPT + CONFIG_SHAREPTE => Fail

CONFIG_PREEMPT !CONFIG_SHAREPTE => Works

Fun huh?
Ed Tomlinson