in 8.10 Gnome does not launch apps on iBook G3
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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pixman (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Dustin Kirkland |
Bug Description
After doing a standard install of Ubuntu 8.10 on an iBook G3, it was impossible to launch apps in the Gnome desktop environment. Trying to launch apps from menus resulted in a spinning cursor, then nothing. When trying to launch an app from a terminal, an "illegal Instruction" message was received.
A solution was proposed in this thread on the Ubuntu forums: http://
[Jumpin Jack Flash]: "Ok it was the libpixman package, in the configure.ac it was doing a check for altivec that passed on the G3 so I hardcoded the VMX flags to -mno-altivec and rebuilt."
I attach the version of the libpixman package that Jumpin Jack Flash edited. Installing this version on a G3 iBook cures the problem.
The proper fix is:
http:// cgit.freedeskto p.org/pixman/ commit/ ?id=cd2a79ab810 45aa7e35bc90108 1e57dea6ac4845