Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 15:59:10 -0500 From: "Mezz bsdforums.org" <reigncracks@hotmail.com> To: marcus@marcuscom.com Cc: gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov, gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vte 2.2.1 halt and lagging the CPU.. (freeze) Message-ID: <F19OjIL2jpWkfb81Ifp0002e82c@hotmail.com>
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>On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 15:25, Mezz bsdforums.org wrote: > > >On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 12:51:24PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 05:06, Franz Klammer wrote: > > > > > > > > > Am Di, 2003-03-25 um 02.11 schrieb Joe Marcus Clarke: > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 17:38, Franz Klammer wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > JUST FOR INFO: > > > > > > > > > also abiword2-1.1.4 dies with a segfault at startup if >LANG is > > >set. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Set to what? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to my locale: > > > > > > > de_[DE|AT].ISO[_]8859-1[5] -> segfault (error-dialog in >german) > > > > > > > > > > > > Okay, this doesn't happen on -STABLE. I can see AbiWord just >fine > > > > > > in German. I'm pretty sure you're all running 5.x of some kind. > > > > > > My -CURRENT machine is getting some much-needed love since I >left > > > > > > last week. I should be able to test AbiWord on it tomorrow. > > > > > > In the meantime, if you could recompile AbiWord with debugging > > > > > > symbols, and capture the crash, that would help to get the ball > > > > > > rolling. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tadaa! > > > > > > > > I found a workaround. If you edit >/usr/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c, > > > > and set junk and abort to 0, then rebuild libc, this problem will > > > > go away. This means that there is some memory issues in AniWord > > > > (and probably other apps as well). -STABLE and 5.0-RELEASE won't be > > > > affected as they already have these changes. I'm unable to get a > > > > backtrace for my AbiWord, but I'll try and debug yours, Franz. > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > >Why not just set the malloc options to 'aj', as per the malloc man >page? > > > > You mean, 'AJ' right? I don't find anything about 'aj' in the man page, >but > > just 'AJ'.. > >No, "AJ" means to enable Abort and Junk features (this is default in >-CURRENT). Using the lowercase versions disables these features. Oops, I re-read the manpage again and it said, "Most flags are single letters, where uppercase indicates that the behavior is set, or on, and lowercase means that the behavior is not set, or off." Hehe, sorry, I need to eat food right now... Cheers, Mezz _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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