Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 19:50:55 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, Ashley <ashley@labyrinth.net.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bus error! Message-ID: <19980326195055.01704@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980325235533.16070A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 11:56:00PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980323203936.390A-100000@quasar.org.au> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980325235533.16070A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Wed, 25 March 1998 at 23:56:00 -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Ashley wrote: > >> On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Doug White wrote: >>>> yesterday i compiled and installed enlightenment. while in enlightenment i >>>> was using netscape, and then all of a sudden my system hung, requiring a >>>> reboot. now when i try to run X using enlightenment as my WM i get a bus >>>> error, signal 10. >>>> >>>> i tried recompiling all the libraries it uses, and E itself. i also >>>> did a make world, reinstalled Xfree86 and now i have no idea what to do. >>> >>> What is identified as crashing in the system log? >> >> in /var/log/messages this is what it says... >> >> Mar 21 03:33:36 quasar /kernel: pid 19809 (communicator-4.0), uid 1000: >> exited on signal 10 (core dumped) >> >> and then everytime after that when i tried to run enlightenment i get >> this: >> >> Mar 21 03:53:28 quasar /kernel: pid 174 (enlightenment), uid 1000: exited >> on signal 10 (core dumped) > > Hm... > >> this was not happening before the Netscape signal 10 above. :( >> >> any help appreciated :) > > Try reinstalling X from scratch, I guess: > > rm -rf /usr/X11R6 Sorry, I disagree strongly with this approach. enlightenment isn't X, and there's no reason to believe that the problem is with X. On the other hand, I *have* heard of problems with enlightenment, and that's what the messages are saying. I'd suggest backing out enlightenment and trying a different window manager to see if the problems still occur. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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