From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jul 18 07:09:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA23070 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 07:09:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA23065 for ; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 07:09:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.gtn.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with UUCP id QAA20034; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 16:00:19 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA13046; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 16:41:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas) Message-ID: <19980718164143.A13033@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 16:41:43 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm To: kent@iastate.edu, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: xfree86@xfree86.org Subject: Re: XFree and -current References: <199807172354.SAA12810@isua3.iastate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199807172354.SAA12810@isua3.iastate.edu>; from Kent Vander Velden on Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 06:54:34PM -0500 X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 06:54:34PM -0500, Kent Vander Velden wrote: > > Starting a week ago after I installed a new kernel, XFree 3.3.2 > has become _very_ flaky. The problem only seems to show up in 24 bit > true-color mode. Many programs such as Netscape die with, generally, a > BadLength X error. I am using the S3 server with a 4M STB Velocity 64. Read the thread "State of current...". Backout the last patch of /sys/kern/uipc_socket.c (1.41 -> 1.40) This did the trick for many people reporting netscape instability. -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas What gives you 90% more speed, for example, in kernel compilation ? http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~fsmp/SMP/akgraph-a/graph1.html "NT = Not Today" (Maggie Biggs) ``powered by FreeBSD SMP'' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message