xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.FC3.13 appears to not like multiprocessors

[Seth Alford]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 08:18:01PM -0800, Brian Gaynor wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 
> > I have a dual processor Dell Precision 650.  As of today, X 
> > will freezes
> > shortly after it starts, but, only with the second processor 
> > enabled.  If
> > I go into the BIOS, and disable the second processor, then X 
> > works.  If I
> > re-enable the second processor, X freezes again.
> > 
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > So here are my questions:
> > 
> > 1.  Anyone else running FC3 on a dual processor?  Are you 
> > seeing this problem?
> > 2.  Would this be better reported here, or to xorg?  Does 
> > xorg mind having
> >     bugs submitted against xorg packages with a "FC3" as part 
> > of the package
> >     name?  Or are they going to tell me something like "Oh, 
> > those packages
> >     were modified by the Fedora project.  We won't do 
> > anything about this
> >     problem until you show us that it happened with our 
> > unadulterated packages."
> > 3.  Does it matter that the bogomips on the second processor 
> > are not equal
> >     to the bogomips on the first processor?  (I would include 
> > the 2 different
> >     numbers here, but /proc/cpuinfo is only telling me about the first
> >     processor, since the second processor is diabled in BIOS.)
> > 4.  How to go back to the previous xorg release?  Get it from 
> > the fedora
> >     web page?
> > 
> 
> I have FC3 running on a hyperthreaded P4 (Dell Inspiron 5160), so far today
> no problems running with the new xorg (installed this morning). Obviously,
> since my setup  is a hyperthreaded P4 the bogomips for both "processors" are
> equal.
> 
> Brian
> 
[snip]

I downloaded the previous xorg rpm's, version 6.8.1-12.FC3.21, from the Fedora
web page.  I forced rpm to load the previous packages, then I erased the newer
xorg packages (6.8.2-1.FC3.13.)  I should probably have done that in the
opposite order.  But, I'm now running with 2 processors enabled, no
hyperthreading, in a gnome-terminal under X11.

So something about the newer xorg packages disagreed with my dual processor
system.

BTW, I tried enabling hyperthreading again with the second processor disabled.
Inexplicably, this time, the system locked up once I brought up X.  I could
have sworn that that worked correctly with the 6.8.2-1.FC3.13 packages.

Thanks for the responses.

--Seth