On Don, 2002-10-17 at 20:20, David Hampton wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 05:06, Michel D�nzer wrote:
> > > Program received signal SIGFPE, Arithmetic exception.
> > > 0x40771fbb in gl_test_os_katmai_exception_support ()
> > >    from /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/radeon_dri.so
> > > (gdb) bt
> > > #0  0x40771fbb in gl_test_os_katmai_exception_support ()
> >                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > This is such a wonderfully expressive function name, why doesn't anybody
> > read it? :/
> 
> Yes, it is a nice expressive name, but my expertise is in network
> protocols not in video drivers.  I don't know what Katmai is, why I need
> it, why its not in my Red Hat kernel, where to find it, or why the lack
> of it is crashing every OpenGL application on my computer.  If this
> function is expected to create a SIGFPE, why isn't it trapped and
> handled?

It is, that's the point. gdb stops on it nevertheless. You can avoid
that with handle SIGFPE nostop, but then you'll miss unexpected
SIGFPEs...


-- 
Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast

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