On Wednesday 10 September 2003 07:24, Davide Brini wrote: > Hello everybody, here are some doubts I have. > > 1. In my /etc/make.conf, I have "-O3" for CFLAGS, but I see that some > packages still compile using "-O2". Is this behavior intentional, for > example because the package or ebuild author thinks that using "-O3" whit > that package would be unsafe?
most times: yes > Sometimes also I see, while a package is being compiled, that the > compilation command line has both "-O2" and "-O3" in it. In this case, what > is the optimization actually used? man gcc says, that when multiple -OX are used, the last one is the one that is set. > 2. Since a recent Nvidia kernel module update, two or three days ago, I see > the following line in my log when I start X: > > Sep 10 08:40:08 kermit kernel: 0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 nvidia.o > Kernel Module 1.0-4363 Sat Apr 19 17:46:46 PDT 2003 > Sep 10 08:40:09 kermit kernel: 0: NVRM: not using NVAGP, AGPGART is > loaded!! > > I've not recompiled the kernel recently, and glxinfo still says direct > rendering is enabled. Should I worry about that message? > this means, that the nvidia module uses the kernel AGPGART instead of NvAGP. That is fine, no problem. > 3. In the virtual console I launch X from, KDE often writes some warning, > like these: > > WARNING: KDE detected X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) \x08 > Major opcode: * > WARNING: KDE detected X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) \x08 > Major opcode: * > kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KActionCollection::KActionCollection( QObject > *parent, const char *name, KInstance *instance ) > QDate::setYMD: Invalid date 139534236-1093768487--1073750552 > > Apart from this, everything semms to work fine. Should I worry about this? As long as everything works fine: no. But you could write a bug report. Glück Auf Volker -- Conclusions In a straight-up fight, the Empire squashes the Federation like a bug. Even with its numerical advantage removed, the Empire would still squash the Federation like a bug. Accept it. -Michael Wong -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
