Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 20:05:55 -0800 (PST) From: "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Netscape crashes (was: Re: OSS sound support) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811042003140.333-100000@smarter.than.nu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811041719150.8123-100000@lionking.org>
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On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Brian Tiemann wrote:
>
> So what's the deal with OSS on -current?
>
> I've had it panicking my installation repeatedly; I got the
> following recently from their (4Front's) tech support:
>
> > We've found a major bug in FreeBSD's VM architecture and have sent off
> > the demo which will crash FreeBSD 3 + Netscape. This is the same problem
> > affecting OSS and so until we hear from the kernel developers' we're not
> > going to do any work arounds. If you like, I can send you the test
> > program.
I get the "Pinstripe screen of death" from AccelX + Netscape occasionally.
I'd thought this was an AccelX bug, but I'd been too lazy to report it as
it happens so infrequently. I'm running current built Oct 12.
--
Brian Buchanan brian@smarter.than.nu
brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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