Subject: Re: Xsun Dumps core .. (NetBSD Problem #8548)
To: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/06/2000 02:26:41
	Apologies for not fully reading the PR before replying...

	Hmm - just on the chance its an optimisation bug, have you tried
	compiling without -O2?

	The bt problems _might_ be due to stack corruption.


		David/absolute

On Wed, 5 Jan 2000 mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:

> 
> 
> I did.  Results are appended to the PR.  I never did succeed in locating
> or fixing the bug though.
> 
> -Dan
> 
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, David Brownlee wrote:
> 
> > 	Have you tried compiling an Xsun with -g to see if you can
> > 	determine where it is dumping core?
> > 
> > 
> > 		David/absolute
> > 
> > On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Graham Jenkins wrote:
> > 
> > > Has anyone got anywhere with this yet?
> > > 
> > > It has been happening for me with 1.4.1, 1.4 and 1.3.3 on various
> > > IPC and IPX machines. Doing 'xset fp+  tcp/vus415.telecom.com.au:7100'
> > > seems a fairly reliable way of making it happen - especially where
> > > the designated font server is not responding properly ..
> > > 
> > > And its a right pain in the neck when you are trying to get some
> > > work done!
> > > 
> > > G.
> > > 
> > 
>