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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.bugs:1051 comp.windows.x.i386unix:2332 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.windows.x.i386unix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!wupost!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!utciva.civ.utwente.nl!infnews!seine.cs.utwente.nl!sijben From: sijben@seine.cs.utwente.nl (Paul Sijben) Subject: Re: Solution (was Re: XFree86 1.3 crashes under 386BSD) Message-ID: <1993Jul5.091720.21936@cs.utwente.nl> Sender: usenet@cs.utwente.nl Nntp-Posting-Host: seine.cs.utwente.nl Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science References: <2114d5$lci@aggedor.rmit.OZ.AU> <1993Jul2.120207.3262@gmd.de> <1993Jul2.135051.4848@cs.utwente.nl> <1993Jul2.152401.2726@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1993 09:17:20 GMT Lines: 41 In article <1993Jul2.152401.2726@ucc.su.OZ.AU>, dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) writes: |> In article <1993Jul2.135051.4848@cs.utwente.nl> sijben@seine.cs.utwente.nl (Paul Sijben) writes: |> >As mentioned in an earlier article I used the NoSpeedup mode (Xconfig) |> >and everything works. I can even let xlock use the qix mode! |> |> Try using: |> |> SpeedUp 55 |> |> which only disables the line speedup (55 = 63 - 8). |> |> Can anyone who sees this problem run the server under gdb and get some |> information about the register contents, stack trace, and an assembler |> listing of the function the crash occurs in? Examining the core |> is not good enough unless you have NoTrapSignals set in your Xconfig, |> and in this case, your screen won't be restored. If you run from gdb |> you can get the info, then continue to get the screen restored. |> |> I'm not sure if the standard server binaries are stripped (I don't think |> so), but if they are you can build an unstripped version with the |> LinkKit. |> |> David |> -- |> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |> David Dawes <dawes@physics.su.oz.au> DoD#210 | Phone: +61 2 692 2639 |> School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia | Fax: +61 2 660 2903 |> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On second thought it does not work! (today) I still get crashes both when using NoSpeedUp and SpeedUp 55. -- _______________ Paul Sijben internet : sijben@cs.utwente.nl Twente University computer science department, pegasus project group telephone (at working hours) +31-53-893795 homeaddress : Booggang 25, Hengelo telephone : 074-918041 (home) "Het is opvallend dat politici nooit het woord 'mensen' gebruiken als ze het over jongeren hebben"