From: jrs@world.std.com (Rick Sladkey) Subject: Re: Xterm dies with 0.98pl4 Date: 14 Nov 1992 03:22:04 GMT
>>>>> On Fri, 13 Nov 1992 10:20:25 GMT,
>>>>> ckub11@zx1.Darkcrystal.Cyberspace (Marc Gutschner) said:
Marc> I encounter a strange problem with 0.98pl4 and Xfree86 1.0 and
Marc> 1.1. Depending on the phase of the moon, the wall clock and
Marc> some flies crossing through the room, my 1st Xterm simply dies
Marc> on keyboard input. If I start another one from the twm-menu,
Marc> everything will be fine. This appears to be a very subtle
Marc> problem to me.
Marc> As I mentioned this won't happen everytime but you never know
Marc> when it will happen :-((( Maybe this is connected to the changes
Marc> in the maximum number of open file-descriptors ? Would it be
Marc> sufficient to get Xterm-Sources and simply recompile ? Any help
Marc> appreciated.
The problem is not because of the file-descriptors but because you are
using a swap partition. Please see the message cited below. It
includes a patch for this problem.
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| From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds)
| Subject: Re: Mouseman Busmouse crashes when tested
| Message-ID: <1992Nov11.105546.6759@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
|
| PS. The swap-partition patch for 0.98.4 follows: it's not official yet
| but it's a good idea to use it if you are using a swap partition (as
| opposed to a swap file).
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