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Major Linux/Athlon CPU bug discovered

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-bug-a-day-keeps-alan-at-play dept.

GeorgeFrancisco writes "I recently installed the nVidia drivers so I could play TuxRacer on my Athlon. Problem is it kept inexplicably hanging Linux. Now I know why. The CPU bug affects Athlon/Duron/Athlon MP AGP users. Fortunately there's a way around it, and: "Alan [Cox] is going to try to add some kind of Athlon/AGP CPU bug detection code to the kernel so that it will be able to auto-downgrade to 4K pages when necessary." Read more on the Gentoo Linux site."

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  1. fp by kentyman23 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. sp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    second post you goatfuckers!!!

  3. Actor Clint Howard, Dead at age 42 by ObitMan · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actor Clint Howard was found dead in his Burbank, CA home of an apparent brain hemorrhage.
    As a second child, Actor Clint Howard grew up suffering the privations caused by the autism of his older brother Ronald. All of the families funds went to the treatment and care of his older sibling.
    Actor Clint Howard rose above this to become one of the shining stars of Hollywood. From his landmark work on TV's Andy Griffith show, to his tear jerking performance as Paco in the 1998 classic The Waterboy, Actor Clint Howard Never failed to delight fans.
    Son of Rance Howard and Jane Howard, Actor Clint Howard is survived by current wife Melanie and older brother Ronald.

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    Who run Barter Town?
    1. Re:Actor Clint Howard, Dead at age 42 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Thank god, I thought you said Clint Eastwood

      Frankly, I would kill myself if anything happened to Clint Eastwood.

      Now back to listening to the song "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz....

  4. First Menstrual Cycle post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i'm on my period

    1. Re:First Menstrual Cycle post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No you aren't
      Everyone knows no women use Slashdot.

    2. Re:First Menstrual Cycle post by Ars+Technica · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      She's not a woman. She's a little girl with no breasts. That's why she's a 9 year old who just got her first post^H^H^Heriod.

      Blasted "Post Anonymously" checkbox disappeared. Time to stop being an idiot.

      My fucking modem dropped when I clicked "Submit."

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  5. Now aren't you glad you use Free/Net/Open BSD(n/t) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
    Reason: You can type more than that for your comment.

  6. Re:I've warned about this before by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that's why i buy 'em, geekboy.

  7. Re:Is this the same as the Win2k bug? by Afrosheen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey moderators, don't waste your points modding this AC up to +5, that's a total of 6 points!! AC's don't get karma remember? I think a +1 or +2 would've sufficed...

  8. Re:old news again by cymen · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    I guess it takes awhile to pile through the submissions. This was posted on pclinuxonline.com recently.

    Wow... That takes the cake. It's bad enough to bitch about deja vu reposts from /. itself, no need to bitch about reposts of stories at other sites. If you can't see the reasons why please bite yourself. I can't wait until it is unhip to be aloof.

  9. Re:Is this the same as the Win2k bug? by Afrosheen · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The primary purpose of moderation is not to increase someone's karma but to make good comments more visible and bad comments less visible. The karma is just a side effect to encourage people to write good comments. Many excellent comments are written by ACs and they stay at 0 score too often. I agree, and lately AC's have had alot more to contribute than just links to goatse.cx, but modding higher than 2 or 3 is completely pointless.