Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 19:09:22 -0500 From: Michel Joly de Lotbiniere <mjdl@interlog.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netscape, Xdvi, ...etc Message-ID: <199510300009.TAA02204@lotbiniere.interlog.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Joseph Davida <jd@sargon> of "Sat, 28 Oct 1995 19:01:49 GMT." <199510281901.TAA04750@sargon>
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> From: Joseph Davida <jd@sargon> > Subject: Netscape, Xdvi, ...etc [snip] > Another problem is xdvi - It crahses the xserver (at least my xserver, > which is the ATI Mach32 UltraPro (The controller has 2 meg ram). > Perhaps the XFree86 suport group would be the proper audience for this > bug. > I checked xdm-errors file for a clue - and all I got was: > [snip] Hooray, another user has the same failure as I do; it's not something about me, I can stop feeling guilty... My video is a 1MB PCI ATI "Graphics Wonder" with the slow DRAM; xdvi, given any .dvi file, will come up for a split second, the cursor is a distorted bitmaps (diagonal streaks), and the the Xserver crashes. Running ktrace xdvi any-dvi-file.dvi shows that the whole thing comes to grief after reading all the generated font files and the .dvi files: at that point a bunch of default font specifications are read or loaded, the X properties are written for the WM_CLIENT_LEADER, some other stuff is read, and then SIGIO is generated, which is handled as JUSTRETURN all up the "chain of command"; everyone steps into line, salutes, and falls on their face. End of the story. Somebody with more X + Debugging know-how should take a look at this; maybe it is Mach32 server related? ========================= Michel Joly de Lotbiniere mjdl@interlog.com =========================
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