Bug#493887: xserver-xorg-video-glint: Crash after start message output ****INVALID MEM ALLOCATION****

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Tue, Aug  5, 2008 at 20:14:38 +0200, Dan Smolik wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg-video-glint
> Version: 1:1.1.1-3
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> This driver was long time unusable on multidomain PCI platform like Sun
> E250/450. But after rewrote PCI code in Xorg situation goes to better.

The PCI code rewrite you're talking about lands in xserver 1.5, which
you don't seem to be using.

> Now is card detected but Xserver crashed with 
> (EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
> (WW) ****INVALID MEM ALLOCATION**** b: 0x20000 e: 0x3ffff correcting
> (WW) ****INVALID MEM ALLOCATION**** b: 0x800000 e: 0xffffff correcting
> (WW) ****INVALID MEM ALLOCATION**** b: 0x1000000 e: 0x17fffff correcting
> 
> Backtrace:
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 11.  Server aborting
> 
> NeúspϚnÏ ukonèen (SIGABRT)
> 
> In reportbug is system impropertly detected:
> Right is:
> Linux sunik 2.6.26 #2 SMP Mon Jul 21 19:49:01 CEST 2008 sparc64 GNU/Linux
> 
davem probably changed something in the kernel that broke this. *shrug*
Use an old kernel, I guess.

Cheers,
Julien