On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 09:44:34 -0500 Jim Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Hello List, > > I am running E17/FC4 and have been having a world of trouble with WM > crashes and frequent segfaults. > > After a recent update to xorg packages the crashing WM seems to have > gone away, but the frequent segfaults are still happening. whats the differecne bwteenm crashing wm and segfaults? a segfault is a crash - just caught. if x just vanished and u were back at a login it likely was x crashing, not e17. as for this backtrace - its nto an x problem- see the segv handler is called in e_remember_unuse(). it's there - i've seen bt's like this before and frankly i suspect an opt of date module or something as i have checked the code ans ee no way the remember pointer member can get to the value it does. > Here is some output from a gdb backtrace when the gray segfault box > appeared: > -------- > #0 0x007b1402 in ?? () > #1 0x003691ed in ___newselect_nocancel () from /lib/libc.so.6 > #2 0x004470dd in _XEnq () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 > #3 0x004474d7 in _XRead () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 > #4 0x0044958b in _XReadEvents () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 > #5 0x004384b1 in XNextEvent () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 > #6 0x08096551 in e_alert_show () > #7 0x0808b908 in e_sigseg_act () > #8 <signal handler called> > #9 0x0809835e in () > #10 0x0807294e in _e_border_free () > #11 0x0807e508 in e_object_unref () > #12 0x0806c479 in _e_border_event_border_raise_free () > #13 0x067d8eb0 in _ecore_event_del (event=0x8c2afe0) at ecore_events.c:357 > #14 0x067d91fa in _ecore_event_call () at ecore_events.c:445 > #15 0x067dc935 in _ecore_main_loop_iterate_internal (once_only=0) > at ecore_main.c:629 > #16 0x067dcb2b in ecore_main_loop_begin () at ecore_main.c:79 > #17 0x08059ef0 in main () > -------- > I am guessing there still is a bug with the X stuff that is packaged > with the FC/RH distros, but not sure. Does the above give any clues? > Sorry but all I have right now is an rpm install of e17. > > After following the emails on distros I am almost to a point of > considering another distro. At this point leaning towards gentoo. How > is acpi dealt with in gentoo, or how well does gentoo work with acpi? > > Many Thanks, > jim > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
