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Date:      Tue, 08 Oct 2002 19:33:58 +0300
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: sorry state of Xserver in 5.0
Message-ID:  <3DA308F6.8D87BF0@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <15777.52918.689192.919124@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20021008064433.GA77334@vega.vega.com> <15778.55259.990703.531720@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> 
> 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.

Backing out 1.540 and 1.541 didn't solve the problem with SIGFPE for
me, so that the problem is probably elsewhere. :(

-Maxim

> 
> 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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