Hi, I downloaded and installed the new gcc 3.3.1 from the project dir (all files, except source) - and that took several days to download. I then proceeded to recompile the kernel, using the same config file as I had used to recompile the kernel before, no modifications. clean, dep, bzImage, modules, modules_install, install; mk_initrd. Kernel crashes one second after booting (thus before any module is loaded), blank screen, Caps lock and Scroll lock blinking simultaneously. Kernel crash, absolute. /boot: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1059701 Sep 8 20:11 vmlinuz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1167062 Jul 16 22:23 vmlinuz.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483221 Sep 9 12:09 initrd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 485678 Sep 9 12:09 initrd.old Shouldn't the be roughly the same size, as they share the same config file? nimrodel:/boot # rpm -qa | grep gcc gcc-objc-3.3.1-0 libgcc-3.3.1-0 gcc-c++-3.3.1-0 gcc-info-3.3.1-0 gcc-g77-3.3.1-0 gcc-java-3.3.1-0 gcc-3.3.1-0 nimrodel:/boot # gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse-linux/3.3.1/specs Configured with: ../configure --enable-threads=posix --prefix=/usr --with-local-prefix=/usr/local --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc,java,ada --enable-checking --enable-libgcj --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++ --with-slibdir=/lib --with-system-zlib --enable-shared --enable-__cxa_atexit i586-suse-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux) cer@nimrodel:~/download/updates/su82/projects/gcc> l *.rpm 1671208 2003-08-21 13:49 cpp-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 1144827 2003-08-21 13:49 gcc-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 1997311 2003-08-21 13:49 gcc-c++-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 2158213 2003-08-21 13:49 gcc-g77-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 708415 2003-08-21 13:49 gcc-info-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 1822649 2003-08-21 13:49 gcc-java-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 1698101 2003-08-21 13:49 gcc-objc-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 8031338 2003-08-21 13:49 gnat-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 699421 2003-08-21 13:49 gnat-runtime-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 42456 2003-08-21 13:49 libgcc-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 4281731 2003-08-21 13:49 libgcj-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 17808349 2003-08-21 13:49 libgcj-devel-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 63473 2003-08-21 13:49 libobjc-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 290814 2003-08-21 13:49 libstdc++-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm 947422 2003-08-21 13:49 libstdc++-devel-3.3.1-0.i586.rpm nimrodel:/boot # uname -a Linux nimrodel 2.4.20_CER #9 Wed Jul 16 22:23:13 CEST 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux (corresponding to vmlinuz.old) CPU: Pentium IV, kernel optimized for it. I am doing a full recompile of the kernel again, starting with cloneconfig to make sure. I don't expect any difference. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson