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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.bugs:1061 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3574 comp.windows.x.i386unix:2362 comp.os.386bsd.apps:272 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.386bsd.apps Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!brunix!cs.brown.edu!mhw From: mhw@cs.brown.edu (Mark Weaver) Subject: Re: XFree86 1.3 crashes under 386BSD In-Reply-To: j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de's message of 5 Jul 1993 11:24:14 +0200 Message-ID: <MHW.93Jul6154756@barney.cs.brown.edu> Sender: news@cs.brown.edu Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Brown University References: <20rq0p$iev@email.tuwien.ac.at> <wmbfmk.741712328@rwc.urc.tue.nl> <218rvuINN7j1@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1993 20:47:56 GMT Lines: 28 In article <218rvuINN7j1@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de (J Wunsch) writes: > In article <wmbfmk.741712328@rwc.urc.tue.nl> wmbfmk@rwc.urc.tue.nl (Marc van Kempen) writes: > >mbirgmei@email.tuwien.ac.at (Martin BIRGMEIER) writes: > > > >>One more hint for those who might know the solution: I can trigger a > >>crash most easily if I run xlock with one of the modes which draw lines, > >>e.g. swarm or qix.[...] > > > >BUGS > > There are some graphics bugs that show up when the virtual > > width used is not equal to 1024. > > > > From what i know (i don't have an ET4000), this is related to the > speedup code. You can also disable the SpeedUp (NoSpeedUp in Xconfig), > or find out *which* particular speedup option causes the trouble. > (I don't know exactly how, look into README.tseng. The speedup options > are formed of bits, where you can enable/disable each of them by > a particular number.) It is not related to the SpeedUp code. It happens with me exactly the same way even if I use "NoSpeedUp". Running xswarm consistently causes a segmentation fault in the server within 20 seconds. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet/CSnet: mhw@cs.brown.edu | Mark Weaver BITNET: mhw@browncs | Box 2160, Brown University UUCP: uunet!brunix!mhw | Providence, RI 02912-2160