Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> 
> Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> >
> > Maxim Sobolev writes:
> >
> >  > > Between this, and the Type1 bezier font abort, the state of 5.0 on a
> >  > > desktop is very sorry indeed.  My old alpha running -stable is far
> >  > > more stable.
> >  > >
> >  > > Sigh.
> >  >
> >  > Agreed. I could add that after recent kernel updating I'm also often
> >  > observing XFree86 dying with SIGFPU. I guess that it may have something
> >  > to do with recent context saving changes.
> >
> > Note that the recent sys/i386/i386/machdep.c (1.540 and 1.541) should
> > be backed out if you're running any FP apps (like, say, X).  It
> > somehow messes up the fp context and causes a gpf.  Happens to me when
> > I start gnome2.  1.539 more or less works, albeit with the problems
> > I'm compaining about above.
> 
> Backing out 1.540 and 1.541 didn't solve the problem with SIGFPE for
> me, so that the problem is probably elsewhere. :(

The same situation is after backing out 1.539.

-Maxim

> > Question: Did the "Bezier too big" stuff start when people upgraded
> > their X server port, or when they upgraded their kernel?  (I just
> > started running -current on an x86 last week) I have a sneaking
> > suspicion that the fp context is not being saved correctly, which is
> > leading to the Bezier problem.
> >
> > Drew
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