Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:20:42 +0100 (CET) From: Ralph Schreyer <schreyer@th.physik.uni-bonn.de> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, Jan Conrad <conrad@th.physik.uni-bonn.de>, <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>, <vanilla@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: alpha/24535: the function XF86VidModeGetAllModeLines of XFree 3.3.6 for alpha will hang up Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0101261642120.343-100000@mach.th.physik.uni-bonn.de> In-Reply-To: <20010123195102.F348@freebie.demon.nl>
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Hi all, so we built XFree86 4.0.2 on our digital 433au running FreeBSD 4.2R, but we were not able to start neither the Xserver nor xdm. Up to now we could not figure out why. Therefore we fetched the 3.3.6 versions of the Xserver and xdm via sysinstall, thereby shooting half of our root-directory (much fun :). But after all, we compiled enlightenment against this mixed XFree86 (including the 4.0.2 libs), and now the XF86VidModeGetAllModeLines() call works! Perhaps it's possible to include a check of the version of XFree86 in the Makefile of enlightenment that enables or disables the above function call. Thank you very much for your help and best regards, Jan & Ralph. P.S: Concerning the problem with the Xserver and xdm in 4.0.2 we already mailed to the XFree people. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 10:12:35AM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > Jan Conrad writes: > > > On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > conrad@th.physik.uni-bonn.de writes: > > > > > > > > > > maybe wait for XFree 4... > > > > > > > > FWIW, I run 4.02 on all my alphas. > > > > > > > > If you're willing to write a toy app that demonstrates the > > > > failure of XF86VidModeGetAllModeLines() call, I'd be willing to test > > > > it for you on a 4.02 X server. > > > > > > > > Drew > > > > > > > > > > Here it comes! > > > > > > have fun! > > > > It seems to be a library problem rather than a server problem. When > > compiled against 3.3.4, it behaves the way you've remarked. (eats up > > all memory) no matter what server you run it against (3.3.x or 4.02). > > > > When compiled against 4.02 libs, it seems to work just fine. And it > > works against a 4.02 server _and_ a 3.3.4 server. > > > > So, you might have success with enlightnement if you were to build > > XF86 4.02 from ports. > > I'd appreciate feedback on this proposal, so that I can continue my > janitorial duties on the alpha PRs ;-) > > thanks, > > W/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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