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RE: Bug#180107: xserver-xfree86: ATI Radeon 7500: SEGV at random times, esp in xlock



Michel Dänzer [daenzer@debian.org] writes:
> On Son, 2003-02-09 at 18:26, Jeffrey Baker wrote: 
> > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 02:22:14PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 04:25:30PM -0000, Markus Laker wrote:
> > > > > Are you using xlock with a particular mode, or just -mode random?
> > > > 
> > > > I'm using -mode random.  If you'd like me to try limiting it to any
> > > > particular mode, or avoiding it completely, please let me know.
> > > 
> > > It would be helpful if you could narrow it down to at least one
> > > problematic mode, though I freely admit that that could be sort of
> > > tedious.
> >
> > > The GL-based modes, based on experience, seem to be the most likely to
> > > cause problems.

No problem.  I'll leave the machine xlocked on a different mode each night,
starting with those for which the xlock manpage says 'GL'.  It may be some
time before I get back to you with a culprit!

> > I have this problem, and I have tried every single hack that
> > come with xscreensaver(-gnome|-gl), and none of them made
> > the server crash.

> Other usual suspects for server crashes are the TrueType font renderer
> modules (freetype and xtt), do you use those? (Some people claim font
> servers may also be problematic, but I haven't had problems with xfs)

We use a local font server: please see the attached text files.

Could you possibly send a non-stripped version of the package (or the
executable(s)), so that we can get you a backtrace?

Thanks and regards,

Markus




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