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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.apps:818 comp.windows.x.i386unix:6232 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!cs.utexas.edu!utah-morgan!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!u.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: Problems with xv-3.00a and a question. Date: 5 Jan 1994 00:59:34 GMT Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT Lines: 19 Message-ID: <2gd3dm$elm@u.cc.utah.edu> References: <CJ3M5r.Cvp@news.direct.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.weber.edu In article <CJ3M5r.Cvp@news.direct.net> garbled@indirect.com () writes: >I am running Netbsd 0.9 on a 386-40 (4 megs) (makes you sick huh?) >and am runing Xfree86 2.0. I recently compiled xv3.00a from the sources >and am having a strange problem with it. It compiles fine.. with no >warnings, nor errors.. But when run.. it simpy sits there.. does >nothing. Do a 'size' on the file. Make sure there is enough memory for the image. You may be stuck in the allocator routines in exec. If you have built system call tracing (ther was a patch some time ago), then you can 'trace xv' and see where it reall hangs (mostly). Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.