XFree86-xserv 4.3.0-3 crashing Win2k

Harold L Hunt II huntharo@msu.edu
Tue Aug 12 19:17:00 GMT 2003


Steinar,

XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-3 is Test95.

So, no, your bug is not fixed in Test95.

Besides, your bug seems to occur when you simply click on the tray icon, 
  before you even get a menu, correct?

Harold

Steinar Bang wrote:

>>>>>>Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:
> 
> 
>>>>>>Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:
>>>
>>>Platform: Intel PIII, Win2k professional,
>>>XFree86-xserv 4.3.0-3
> 
> 
>>>Now I've crashed Win2k twice in one day, by opening the RMBM on the
>>>icon in the tool tray, and selecting "Exit".
> 
> 
>>Make that "thrice".
> 
> 
>>>The first time it happened I had the root window visible, but the
>>>second time I did not have the root window visible, and all X
>>>windows were closed.
> 
> 
>>This was with the root window invisible and all X windows closed.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm guessing that I'm seeing what is described in the quote by Harold
> below, and that this is fixed in Server Test 95.
> 
> 
>>>>>>Harold L Hunt II <huntharo@msu.edu>:
> 
> [snip!]
> 
>>Changes:
> 
> 
>>1) Signal the clipboard and multiwindow window manager threads to
>>stop trying to reconnect when the server is being shutdown.  These
>>reconnection attempts were causing intermittent GPFs (General
>>Protection Faults) on shutdown.  (Earle F. Philhower III)
> 
> 



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