Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 19:43:08 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sorry state of Xserver in 5.0 Message-ID: <3DA30B1C.BF452015@FreeBSD.org> References: <15777.52918.689192.919124@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20021008064433.GA77334@vega.vega.com> <15778.55259.990703.531720@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <3DA308F6.8D87BF0@FreeBSD.org>
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Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > 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. :( The same situation is after backing out 1.539. -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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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