xfree won't start, duplicate symbol libbitmap.a

kungfooguru · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 92

I just installed gentoo on my friends desktop, everything went fine till i tried to run X. I used the same XF86Config from my computer on his, changing only the resolution and sync rates, he uses a nvidia card just like me. But when i try to run it it gives an error saying:

Duplicate symbol __i686.get_pc_thunk.bx in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a:bitmapmod.o
Also defined in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a

Fatal server error:
Modules load failure

Anyone seen anything like this. Note: i also tried using xfconfig or whatever its called and i get the same error.Also the xfree installed is 4.3.99.902-r2.

cwt137 · Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 11:52 pm Post subject:

I have the same problem and im running 4.3.902 too. I hope someone can help us.

kungfooguru · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 92

I just upgraded the X server and it worked fine, try that out.

cwt137 · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:33 am Post subject:

how did you upgrade it? what commands did you type?

kungfooguru · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 92

if your portage is up to date it should want to emerge xfree 4.3.0-r5. So try an emerge sync and then emerge xfree. or go to /usr/portage/x11-base/xfree/ and emerge xfree-4.3.0-r5.ebuild

cwt137 · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:36 am Post subject:

so you gave up on 4.3.99.902 and downgraded xfree.

kungfooguru · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 92

ejh · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:53 am Post subject:

While that solution might be acceptable for you, this is not the case for me. I _need_ a more recent xfree to get the most out of my EPIA M10000 motherboard. I've tried both xfree-4.3.99.902 and xfree-4.3.99.902-epia1. Same error occurs with both:

sams · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:33 am Post subject: Not the only one

I have exactely the same error... and I am probably compiling xfree now for the one 1000th time

I (was) using -fPIC in CFLAGS for prelinking. If that is what is doing any harm... I will see in a few hours.
Other than that, I was only using march=athlon-xp, -O2, -pipe and -pomit-frame-pointers.
As said above, now I am trying to built it only with the CPU specific stuff and O2. I'll see if that helps.
Oh, and I applied an patch to make my IGP radeon 320 M work in 3D mode; which is why I have to stick to such a recent xfree.

Hope that a guru will have an answer!!

BTW: 4.3.99.14 and 4.3.99.16 (different IGP patches though) produced exactely the same error meanwhile 4.3.0-r? didn't...

ejh · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:43 am Post subject:

Here are my flags:
CFLAGS="-march=i686 -msse -mmmx -mfpmath=sse -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"

I've tried other variations though, to no avail. And I've tried both 2.4.25 (vanilla) and 2.6.3-gentoo-r1 kernels.

I have been following the EPIA Howto, which is excellent by the way.

sams · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:53 am Post subject:

ejh · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:56 am Post subject:

LostControl · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 12:39 pm Post subject:

Hi,

I also get this #%&@ duplicate symbol error... :evil:

I've a HP nx7000 with Pentium M. xfree-4.3.0-r5 works perfectly but I would like to try the 4.3.99. I compile with and without some USE flags and CFLAGS but no changes

There's a bug report here : https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43177

But no fix...

LostControl · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 12:48 pm Post subject:

I use :

- gcc-3.3.2-r5
- glibc-2.3.2-r9

Which version do you use ?

sams · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 12:50 pm Post subject: bug report

I just discovered the bug report and commented on it... unfortunately googling and alike didn't help yet. Maybe the bug report will make experts look into it... and give me the much needed :idea:

ejh · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 12:50 pm Post subject:

gcc version 3.3.2 20031218 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.2-r5, propolice-3.3-7)
glibc version 2.3.2-r9

sams · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 12:54 pm Post subject: gcc/glibc

I have exactely the same gcc/glibc configuration as "ejh". glibc was compiled with "fPIC" in CFLAGS and "pic" in USE flags. But I don't think that this breaks it, since I also compiled glibc once without pic in USE and furthermore how else would I get prelinking then to work :roll:

And to add about my experimenting:
Compiling it xfree without fPIC, pic in USE, no -pipe, no -fomit... didn't help either.

sams · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:08 pm Post subject: it's not the patches

Just want to let you know, that I tried to compile the .99.902 release without any patches (not form plain source, but with a modified .ebuild), besides the radeon igp320m and the savage patch, otherwise it wouldn't have compiled...
Still I get the same error :cry:

dumdey · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 6:29 am Post subject:

i've also the same problem with

xfree-4.2.1-r4
xfree-4.3.0-r5
xfree-4.3.99.902-r5

no solution? :cry:

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sams · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 1:24 pm Post subject: maybe the solution...

Ok I finally managed to get XFree working. I tried pretty much every different version out there and my last shot was with XFree 4.4 and an ebuild you can find on media.homelinux.org/gentoo/.

Since XFree 4.4 built from sources was broken in the same way the other builts were, I think the following could also be the reason for 4.3.whatsoever.

I did setup a gentoo 2004.0, within its "system" it also emerges an hardened-gcc, which announces to type "hardened-gcc -A" to activate... didn't think much about it, since it told me to do so...

Well, I then deactivated it:

ejh · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 1:29 pm Post subject:

I'll try this right away. Give me a couple of hours and I'll report back.

Edit: Just built xfree-epia-4.3.99.902-r7 after issuing "hardened-gcc -r", same error as always. This is getting on my nerves...

Edit #2: I have now even unmerged hardened-gcc, to no avail. I'm going to try 4.4.0 now...

sams · Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 6:02 pm Post subject: may another gcc?

I was also considering in the next step going to gcc 3.3.3 or gcc 3.2. but since it did work after deactivating hardened-gcc..

What CLFAGS are you using?

EDIT: What me brought to the whole idea of hardened-gcc being involved was my attempt to emerge another gcc which failed complaining about a not working gcc or better a wrongly set CC.

ejh · Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:29 pm Post subject:

Well, I don't know exactly what did it, but after i re-emerged hardened-gcc (didn't activate it though) and played around with my CFLAGS a bit, xfree suddenly works. I'm a happy man! Here's my CFLAGS-section:

LostControl · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 3:32 pm Post subject:

Yesterday, I realised that I installed a "hardened" stage2 by mistake

I reinstall all my system. Thanks to Portage, it was very easy (but very long too :wink:

). I retry to install XFree86-4.3.99 and... NO MORE DUPLICATE SYMBOL

That was the trick...

Gnufsh · Guru Joined: 28 Dec 2002 Posts: 400 Location: Portland, OR

I had the exact same problem with the DRI CVS when I compilied it forcing -fPIC. If compilied without -fPIC, no error. Very strange...