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From: dan@hpurvmc.HP.COM ( Dan Felman (SE) )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Looking for HP(?) X11R3 display server bug
Message-ID: <80013@hpurvmc.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Nov 89 21:58:59 GMT
References: <10434@venera.isi.edu>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Rockville
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>	HELP!!!!!!

>	We're seeing a lot of X11 display server crashes on
>	HP 9000/300 series machines running MIT X11R3.  If
>	anyone else (HP people perhaps?) have seen this and
>	tracked it down, we'd appreciate hearing about it.

>	Symptoms are inconsistent, but often involve bus errors,
>	segmentation faults, and "softer" failures in XRealloc.
>	They're generally consistent with memory clobber.  Some
>	core files show stack traces that also strongly hint at
>	memory clobber.

>	What's common among these failures is that it appears
>	they all involve either:

>	......

Since the S300 6.5 server is R2 based, I assume you have the MIT release
instead. Instead of trying to tear your hair out with 'untested' s/w, I
would wait for HP's 7.0 release where X11 will ship with R3 server and
OSF MOTIF window manager. 

Hope this helps!!!

regards
Dan

Dan Felman   ;  Systems Engineer  ;  Hewlett Packard   ;  2 Choke Cherry Rd 
dan@hpurvmc         (inside HP)   ;  (301) 258 - 5910  ;  Rockville MD  20850
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