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From: dwex@mtgzfs3.att.com (David E. Wexelblat)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: XFree crashes and lock-ups.
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Date: 1 Jul 93 16:56:48 GMT
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In article <20uilcINNn6r@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de (J Wunsch) writes:
> In article <C9ECFF.249@unx.sas.com> sastdr@torpid.unx.sas.com (Thomas David Rivers) writes:
> >
> >I have another crash to report....
> >
> >When I run xfig; and iconify it, the server goes "poof", dumping
> >core. This happened at XFree86-1.2 as well as the current XFree86-1.3.
> >
> Yep, it's a problem somewhere in the interaction with olwm. I'm on
> the beta list for XFree86 and remember there had been a discussion
> on that topic. But i didn't follow it since i ain't got olwm.
> Please, repeat asking your question to xfree86-beta@physics.su.oz.au
> (and leave a note there you need a Cc on answers, usually any discussion
> there is Reply-To'ed onto the list).
> --
> in real life: J"org Wunsch | ) o o | primary: joerg_wunsch@tcd-dresden.de
> above 1.8 MHz: DL 8 DTL | ) | | private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.sax.de
> | . * ) == |
> ``An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.''
No, DON'T send mail to xfree86-beta. This mailing list exists SOLELY for
use by the XFree86 development community for internal discussions.
XFree86-related questions should be (a) posted to comp.windows.x.i386unix
or (b) mailed to xfree86@physics.su.oz.au. The former is preferable.
BTW - the problem is NOT an interaction with olwm. The problem is something
to do with drawing certain 0-width lines. olwm happens to do this when
iconifying things, so it often causes the problem to show up. So do xfig
and cbzone, both of which draw lots of 0-width lines.
Personally, I wonder if the implementation of GAS on 386BSD isn't buggy.
The exact same assembler code, asm-op for asm-op is used on Linux, and has
shown no problems whatsoever. The same assembler code (in USL format) also
shows no problems on SVR3 and SVR4. Has anyone compared the actual .o
files (disassembling them, or comparing the text segments)?
--
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