Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:51:02 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: Jan Conrad <conrad@th.physik.uni-bonn.de>, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alpha/24535: the function XF86VidModeGetAllModeLines of XFree 3.3.6 for alpha will hang up Message-ID: <20010123195102.F348@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <14957.40103.750912.976732@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 10:12:35AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101231338380.78207-100000@merlin.th.physik.uni-bonn.de> <14957.40103.750912.976732@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 10:12:35AM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Jan Conrad writes: > > On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > > > > > conrad@th.physik.uni-bonn.de writes: > > > > > > > > maybe wait for XFree 4... > > > > > > FWIW, I run 4.02 on all my alphas. > > > > > > If you're willing to write a toy app that demonstrates the > > > failure of XF86VidModeGetAllModeLines() call, I'd be willing to test > > > it for you on a 4.02 X server. > > > > > > Drew > > > > > > > Here it comes! > > > > have fun! > > It seems to be a library problem rather than a server problem. When > compiled against 3.3.4, it behaves the way you've remarked. (eats up > all memory) no matter what server you run it against (3.3.x or 4.02). > > When compiled against 4.02 libs, it seems to work just fine. And it > works against a 4.02 server _and_ a 3.3.4 server. > > So, you might have success with enlightnement if you were to build > XF86 4.02 from ports. I'd appreciate feedback on this proposal, so that I can continue my janitorial duties on the alpha PRs ;-) thanks, W/ -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@freebsd.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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