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From: clyde@ut-ngp.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Changes to X server to cleanup properly on errors
Message-ID: <4884@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Mar-87 16:16:20 EST
Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.4884
Posted: Tue Mar 24 16:16:20 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Mar-87 06:10:39 EST
Organization: Moose & Squirrel Software
Lines: 31
Keywords: X server failure

Here are some modification to the X server to make it clean things up
before performing an error exit.  The cavalier attitude of X about bailing
out on error burned me when I started running the most recent modifications
for SUNs.  Xsun remaps the keyboard and if it terminates with an error,
it will leave the keyboard totally screwed up.

(The DisplayDead routine for the SUN resets the keymap).

---- Cut here and apply to X/main.c (not really a patch file) ----

  Error (where)
  	char *where;
  {
+ 	int i;
+ 
  	fprintf (stderr, "fatal ");
  	Notice (where);
  	if (errdelay)
  	    sleep (errdelay);
+ 	for (i = firstsock; i < maxsock; i++) {
+ 	    if (socketOn[i])
+ 		close (i);
+ 	}
+ 	DisplayDead ();
  	exit (1);
  }
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