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From: jimf%saber@HARVARD.HARVARD.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: R4 server dying on Sparcs running 4.0
Message-ID: <9005261249.AA09787@armory>
Date: 26 May 90 12:49:23 GMT
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|	My X server is curling up and dying on me. The particulars:
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|	* X11R4 on Sparcs (bw2 and cg3) running SunOS 4.0
|	* Compiled with cc where -pic was required, gcc elsewhere

I'd suggest recompiling the whole thing with cc; everyone I know who
has tried using gcc to compile the server has had problems with it on
the Sparcs.  Works fine on the Sun-3's using gcc 1.36 though.

I'm running a SS1 under 4.0 and 4.1 with a low-patchlevel server
compiled with cc and have had almost no problems.

If you're worried about cc-vs-gcc performance, the R4 server under cc
is so fast that I don't think you'd be able to tell the difference
under most circumstances.  I certainly have no complaints.

jim frost
saber software
jimf@saber.com