Subject: Re: XFree86 problem in -current
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/17/2007 02:23:17
In article <C688C7B4-F41F-49A4-A447-7900EFD9A3FE@netbsd.org>,
Michael Lorenz  <macallan@netbsd.org> wrote:
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>Hello,
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>On Dec 15, 2007, at 06:47, Magnus Henoch wrote:
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>> Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org> writes:
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>>> Yes, works here at least.
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>> Here too!  I have X again, after a month without :)
>>
>> So XFree86 works without jemalloc but not with, and Xorg works neither
>> with it nor without it.  Not having Xorg means not being able to use
>> Xinerama/XRandr with the external monitor, or to watch movies on the
>> external monitor... I hope I'll find time and inspiration to dig into
>> the problem some day :)
>
>How's your ELF clue level? Mine's too close to zero to even attempt  
>to fix XF86 or Xorg's module loader. The problem appears to be that  
>the loader relies on malloc returning memory chunks close enough  
>together for 24bit PLT relocations.

Why doesn't it use mmap?

christos