From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3909892A.41387BC1@uncc.edu> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:50:50 -0400 From: root MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michel Ddnzer CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Latest XFree86 v4.0 crashing (possible culprit sawmill) References: <200004270502.AAA08920@lists.linuxppc.org> <39090775.BFEECFA1@uncc.edu> <39092CEA.1321BC79@student.ethz.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: > root wrote: > > > While switching desktops, X completely dies on me. It's not > > consistently repeatable, but I've had to kill the programs it didn't > > pull with it enough times to know that something's wrong. > > > > That's all it's doing. X dies when I'm switching desktops, either by > > dragging the mouse, or by clicking the desktop in the deskguide. > > Just to be sure: Is this about "real" desktops or virtual desktops? AFAIK > mouse dragging only works to switch between virtual ones? > > > > Please tell me I'm crazy and that it isn't really happenning... > > You're crazy and it isn't really happening. *grin* > > Seriously, Sawmill isn't the culprit (Listen people: server crashes are > _never_ application bugs :) but it seems to point out this server bug better > than anything else. > > If you could provide a gdb backtrace from a static server, that would be > great, otherwise you could send the log and other useful information either > here or maybe better to XFree86. > > > Michel I'm roughly familiar with gdb, but not enough to really know what I should be doing to help. Where should I expect to find the core file, and what information do you need? Which log file do you need? Hank ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/