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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 20:12:15 -0500
From: Johnny <johnnycasey AT theglobe DOT com>
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Subject: Signal 11 in Xservers
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>>Hello,
>>I think pgcc-1.1.3 can not compile Xservers from XFree86R6.3.3.3.1
>>The server compiled w pgcc run, but it fails immediately if I run
>>any tcl/tk program
>>any kde applications
>>Netscape
>>

actually it seems to fail in the font server.  running gdb on the core
files shows that there is a call to xrealloc in one of the functions of
the font server.  i can't recall what it is now since i'm in windows
(matrox rainbow runner :) now and gdb hides on the other side of the
harddrive.  all sorts of fun things fail on me.  namely, QT, TK (not
tcl), lsfonts(?), and anything else that seems to run into this one
execution path in XFree86.
i'm running:

    pgcc 1.1.3
    XFree86 3.3.3.1 mga only SVGA
    glibc 2.1.1.pre2
    any of the 2.2 kernels
    binutils 2.9.1.0.24 (?)
    tcl/tk (compiled anyway...) 8.1
    QT 1.44
    bash 2.0...

anyway, a backtrace in gdb on the core files show that X always fails in
the same spot.  i think i can point to the line if necessary, though i
haven't gone in and recompiled X with some meaningful printf's to see
when and how it dies, like if this only gets entered once, or some
situation causes a fail...  i even tried removing the fonts lines in the
XF86Config file, but that didn't work... should i do something else?
fonts seem to work fine, it is just the process of listing all their
names that causes everything to crash :-(

johnny
(glad to see that i am not alone on this bleeding edge)
proud pII owner in '97