Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:47:38 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Tuc <tuc@ttsg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why would patch cause problems? Message-ID: <20041019084738.GB3298@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <200410190003.i9J035e0011461@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> References: <200410190003.i9J035e0011461@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
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On 2004-10-18 20:03, Tuc <tuc@ttsg.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I did a little more investigation of the problem with nVidia on > 5.2.1-RELEASE-pX where X is higher than 4....... > > It turns out that after hand applying patches, once I apply the > "msync5.patch" that was p9, my nVidia X starts to have problems and lock up. > Once I back this out, the machine operates properly. I also ran into problems > where programs were coreing on Signal 6's.... SSH became useless, perl would > fall over randomly, etc. > > This patch was all of 6 new lines, one changed line, but I can swap > back and forth and know that this will cause my machine to misbehave/crash. > > Is there any way to start talking to someone to figure out what the > cause is and maybe have a change done? If the patch is so small, you could post it here, to -hackers or -current, and see if someone has an idea why you see the change in your system's behavior that you describe.
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