From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Jan 23 10:49:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2147637B401 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:49:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 14L8VG-0003aK-00; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:49:15 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0NIp2D01505; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:51:02 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:51:02 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Andrew Gallatin Cc: Jan Conrad , 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> References: <14957.40103.750912.976732@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i 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 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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