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Date:      Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:04:27 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sorry state of Xserver in 5.0
Message-ID:  <15778.55259.990703.531720@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20021008064433.GA77334@vega.vega.com>
References:  <15777.52918.689192.919124@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20021008064433.GA77334@vega.vega.com>

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Maxim Sobolev writes:

 > > Between this, and the Type1 bezier font abort, the state of 5.0 on a
 > > desktop is very sorry indeed.  My old alpha running -stable is far
 > > more stable.
 > > 
 > > Sigh.
 > 
 > Agreed. I could add that after recent kernel updating I'm also often
 > observing XFree86 dying with SIGFPU. I guess that it may have something
 > to do with recent context saving changes.

Note that the recent sys/i386/i386/machdep.c (1.540 and 1.541) should
be backed out if you're running any FP apps (like, say, X).  It
somehow messes up the fp context and causes a gpf.  Happens to me when
I start gnome2.  1.539 more or less works, albeit with the problems
I'm compaining about above.

Question: Did the "Bezier too big" stuff start when people upgraded
their X server port, or when they upgraded their kernel?  (I just
started running -current on an x86 last week) I have a sneaking
suspicion that the fp context is not being saved correctly, which is
leading to the Bezier problem.

Drew

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