Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:48:47 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU> Cc: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sol crashes after 2.14 -> 2.16 upgrade (done the portupgrade -a) Message-ID: <4536932F.6020802@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20061018185904.GL35408@hut.isi.edu> References: <20061018180847.GH35408@hut.isi.edu> <453677B7.6040906@FreeBSD.org> <20061018185904.GL35408@hut.isi.edu>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ted Faber wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 02:51:35PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Ted Faber wrote: >>> Hi. >>> >>> I've followed the directions in UPDATING to move from 2.14 -> 2.16 and >>> something seems to be messed up. There are a couple apps not working, >>> but the easiest to isolate was /usr/local/bin/sol (freecell) crashing >>> as soon as you click on a card. >> I cannot reproduce on my -CURRENT system. Since the backtrace does not >> contain any debugging symbols, it's hard to see exactly why freecell is >> crashing. However, you might try the following as root: >> >> ln -sf aj /etc/malloc.conf >> >> And see if that helps. > > That fixes sol all right. Something's not being initialized. Thanks > for the workaround. Is this worth a bugreport to gnome itself? It > sounds like an initialization error in real code. Yes. I believe I have found the problem. If so, I will file the bug with the patch. > > Can you try the reverse on your -CURRENT ln -s AJ /etc/malloc.conf and > see if it fails for you? (or have you already?) Yes, the default malloc options trigger the crash. Joe > - -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFNpMvb2iPiv4Uz4cRAoKbAJ4tGGErQlZgTloM0oYybL1Vi/lFAQCZATlZ vwgpkExt1HMr0gI9GnnJPYs= =gtIp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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