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Bug#178358: xserver-xfree86: new xserver doesn't start (alpha specific bug?)



On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 01:17:17PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > To my eyes the error seems to be with loadable modules. The following
> > two lines are repeated several thousand times in XFree86.0.log.
> > 
> > Elf_RelocateEntry() Unsupported relocation type 18
> > Elf_RelocateEntry() Unsupported relocation type 17
> > 
> > I'm attaching a stripped down version. Since the file has 15752 lines.
> > 
> > Please let me know if I can provide any additional information.
> 
> Can you please install xserver-xfree86-dbg, attach to the server when it's
> spewing this stuff, and provide a backtrace?

That won't help.  The debuggable XFree86 X server in xserver-xfree86-dbg
is also monolithic, and does not use the module loader.

The good news is that this means that xserver-xfree86-dbg will probably
just plain work.

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