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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  Re: Random segfaults with kernel 2.6.27
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Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

> Reverting back to the open source radeonhd driver made this stop.  This 
> is a serious issue because you'll get segfaults only if you're lucky. If 
> not lucky, bad machine code could be produced which on Gentoo being 
> source-based is the worst scenario imaginable.
>
I have been getting random segfaults too using kernels 2.6.26 AND 2.6.27
using the nvidia driver. I never had problems like this before.