Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 23:29:26 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape crashes (was: Re: OSS sound support) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811042327520.300-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811042003140.333-100000@smarter.than.nu>
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On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Brian W. Buchanan wrote: > 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. What you guys have posted so far amounts (as far as I can see) to little more that gossip. Is there any hard facts that one can verify? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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