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Date:      Thu, 5 Jun 2008 01:16:32 +0100
From:      RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Effects of CPUTYPE
Message-ID:  <20080605011632.1172a03b@gumby.homeunix.com.>
In-Reply-To: <484713B6.2030503@magichamster.com>
References:  <484713B6.2030503@magichamster.com>

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On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:14:14 +0100
Mark Ovens <parish@magichamster.com> wrote:

> For months now I've been having ever increasing problems with
> software (ports) stopping working - or not working properly; xorg,
> digikam, jalbum, etc.
>=20
> ...
> I understand that this optimizes compilation for that CPU but can
> this potentially cause problems? Is this a possible cause of strange=20
> problems? All my ports are built from source rather than from
> packages so are built with this option.

I think it's unlikely, but it's easy enough to eliminate. =20

=46rom the ports you mention, xorg does seem to be holding a smoking gun.
If you have any unnecessary features enabled in xorg.conf, I'd turn
them off.



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