Date: Sat, 8 Jul 1995 14:14:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew <hlew@genome.Stanford.EDU> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: S3 Server dumps core Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950708140651.6740B-100000@vegemite.Stanford.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199507081116.NAA20058@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Sat, 8 Jul 1995, J Wunsch wrote:
> Yes, looks so. Strange, i've never seen a server dumping core.
Hmmm... I could email you the core dump of 2 Megs if it would be helpful in
debugging the problem.
> The only reason when i've seen servers crashing has been LBX
> incompatibilities.
>
> > > > One other problem.... In the login window, Xconsole sometimes appears and
> > > > then closes by itself. I have seen this happen on a 386-40, and also
> > > > this 486-100.
> > >
> > > I've also seen this, in particular for the first time xdm is being
> > > started after a system boot. Seems to be related to the permissions
> > > of the console device or something else. Benign.
> >
> > I don't know, but it's odd... It is almost like a timing problem, and is
> > kind of random too... Sometimes xdm starts up with the xconsole okay.
> > Sometimes it starts it up, and then closes the window. This is even true
> > from a cold reset.
>
> But it does never happen for the second login under xdm control,
> right?
If the xconsole disappeared on cold boot at the xdm login screen, and I
login as usual and then logout so that xdm login window comes back, the
xconsole does usually start and stay on the screen, but not always.
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