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From: macphed@dvinci.usask.ca (Ian MacPhedran)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X on a Sparc question
Message-ID: <1989Oct26.155613.25372@dvinci.usask.ca>
Date: 26 Oct 89 15:56:13 GMT
References: <894@swbatl.UUCP>
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
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From article <894@swbatl.UUCP>, by uucigj@swbatl.UUCP (3531):
> 
> 
> I have just gotten X11R3 running on my new Sparcstation and seem to be
> having some problems with applications that use buttons.  Every time I move
> the mouse over the location of a button that application dies with either
> a memory fault or a segmentation violation.  Now, I am assuming that the
> problem lies in the buttons but I could be wrong.  Of all the clients that
> are provided with the base release of  X (that I received) every thing
> works ok except those with buttons.  For example the xclipboard, the button
> at the top that says "quit" , when I move the arrow all around the window 
> it is fine.  But, when I move it over the button to quit I get: Memory
> fault(coredump).

There appears to be problems when compiling the X11R3 distribution under
SunOS 4.0.3. (I assume that's what you're running.) Recompile without the
-O (optimizer) switch, and these problems will go away. I ran into the same
problems and went through a typical application with dbx to find the
culprit routines and recompiled them, but I forget which they were exactly.
(And I couldn't use xdbx, because it was one of the afflicted programs.)

It takes extra time, but it is worth it in the end.

Ian.

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