From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Aug 3 8:30:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90CB637B409 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:30:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] helo=dogma) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #6) id 15SguU-000C2d-00; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 16:30:46 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma (8.11.4/8.11.1) id f73FUkd30425; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 16:30:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 16:30:46 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: William Richard Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: moving to XFree86-4 Message-ID: <20010803163045.C25346@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20010802112630.A9855@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <01080212254800.01448@saffron.my.domain> <20010803154352.A25257@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <01080308113300.00854@saffron.my.domain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <01080308113300.00854@saffron.my.domain>; from wdr@tdl.com on Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 08:11:33AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG | indicate bad programmer. It's when you get these errors in programs | that are known to work consistently on everyone else's machines (make | buildworld on -STABLE, for instance, with no obvious complaints on the | freebsd-stable list) that you should consider bad hardware. Well, unless there was a subtle config problem I am unaware of. I saw a line in the log complaining about an illegal x86 extended instruction, but the program kept running. It died before opening a display. | | (Finally, after reading every one else's posts about how XFree86-4 | works flawlessly on their machines, let me indulge in a degree of | schadenfraude... Sorry, but what is 'schadenfraude'? jm -- "Investigators have discovered the cause of the TWA 800 explosion was a frayed wire. The wire became frayed when it was struck by a missile." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message