vlc-0.2.83 bug

[cjorsinger at earthlink.net]

On 13-Sep-2001 Douglas Murata wrote:
> vlc will start, but after a few seconds it segfaults.  I'm running Mandrake 
> 8.0 off of an AMD Athlon 1.1 GHz CPU.  In order to install the program I 
> grabbed libSDL, libXv, libXxf86dga, and libasound off of rpmfind.net.  All 
> the rpms came from the Mandrake Cooker, so I am unsure regarding stability.  
> I am running linux kernel 2.4.3.

        Have you tried disabling Pentium Pro optimization and
MMX optimization? This must be done when building vlc. AMD
processors seem to have some incompatibilities with Intel in
floating point calculations, so you may want to try this.

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Date: 13-Sep-2001
Time: 09:21:43

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