Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!tekcrl!eirik
From: eirik@tekcrl.TEK.COM (Eirik Fuller)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: X10 on a color sun
Keywords: malloc
Message-ID: <3035@tekcrl.CRL.TEK.COM>
Date: 7 Sep 88 19:05:41 GMT
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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We're having a problem with the X10 server on a color Sun 3.
Something is corrupting the memory pool, which causes a segment
violation in malloc().  If I rearrange some things, the symptoms
change (free() complains instead), but the basic problem remains.

The operations performed by the server before malloc() trips are
primarily with Pixmaps, but it's unclear whether there is anything
unusual about them.  There are also a few calls to some font
routines, and not a whole lot else.

The same server running on a monochrome Sun 3 has never had the same
problem, with the identical client connected to it.

Has anyone else seen (or, preferably, fixed) bugs in this server
relating to a corrupted memory pool?  If this is an old topic, please
excuse my ignorance; I don't follow comp.windows.x carefully.  If you
want to tell me why I should use X11 instead, feel free; I'll be
happy to ignore it.  If you have any useful information about how to
deal with this problem (fixes to the server, or things to avoid in
the client), I'd like to hear from you.  Email, please; if there is
anything useful to summarize, I'll do so.

eirik%crl.tek.com@relay.cs.net